tenro

/ˈtẽ.Ru/

//ˈtẽ.Ru// adj

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The verdict

“tenro” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #85,167 among 917 “T” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,167
frequency rank, Portuguese
917
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - terno

Corpus desk

Index PT-tenro · tenro · Portuguese

tenro · rank #85,167 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,167
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 917
  • PHOTO-FINISH tanger

Nearest frequency peer: tanger (-6 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “tenro”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “tenro” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for tenro
PropertyValue
Headwordtenro
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/ˈtẽ.Ru/
Letters5
Frequency rank#85,167
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “tenro” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.tenrocai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “tanger” (#85,161), “timbrado” (#85,177), “Synapse” (#85,153). Entre 917 lemas com “T”, “tenro” fica em #85,167. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

tenro is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #85,167 among 917 “T” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈtẽ.Ru/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

tenro doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is tenro, spelled T-E-N-R-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    terno
  2. 2
    que se pode cortar, partir ou mastigar facilmente
  3. 3
    mole; recente
  4. 4
    novo; delicado; inocente

This word in other languages

tender(English)tierno(Español)tendre(Français)weich(Deutsch)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tenro"?
"tenro" is spelled T-E-N-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈtẽ.Ru/.
What does "tenro" mean?
As an adjective, "tenro" means: terno
How do you pronounce "tenro"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tenro" is /ˈtẽ.Ru/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tenro" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tenro", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Sanca#85,082aparo#85,294banzé#85,337bicar#85,348

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list