tinham
The verdict
“tinham” is in the everyday core of Portuguese, ranked #904 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a verb.
- #904
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - terceira pessoa do plural do pretérito imperfeito do indicativo do verbo ter
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tinham |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #904 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tinham” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for tinham is 6 letters long, classified as a verb. Corpus data places it at rank #904 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "terceira pessoa do plural do pretérito imperfeito do indicativo do verbo ter".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for tinham, with forms such as "itnham", "tihnam", and "tinahm". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "tinta", "tinhas", "tintim", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is tinham, spelled T-I-N-H-A-M.
Definition
- 1terceira pessoa do plural do pretérito imperfeito do indicativo do verbo ter
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: itnham,tihnam,tinahm,tinhamm,tinhham,tinhma,tinnham,tniham,ttinham
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tinham - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Using “tinham”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is T-I-N-H-A-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “tinta” - see the side-by-side comparison. tinham vs tinta
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.