tínhamos
The verdict
“tínhamos” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #4,772. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,772
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,850
- “T” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - primeira 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 | tínhamos |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #4,772 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tínhamos” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around tínhamos, averb. Corpus frequency is #4,772 among 1,850 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "primeira pessoa do plural do pretérito imperfeito do indicativo do verbo ter".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for tínhamos, with forms such as "tníhamos", "ttínhamos", and "tíhnamos". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "tinhas", "tinham", "tenhamos", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is tínhamos, spelled T-Í-N-H-A-M-O-S.
Definition
- 1primeira pessoa do plural do pretérito imperfeito do indicativo do verbo ter
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- tníhamos
- ttínhamos
- tíhnamos
- tínahmos
- tínhammos
- tínhamoss
- tínhamso
- tínhaoms
- tínhhamos
- tínhmaos
- tínnhamos
- ítnhamos
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tínhamos - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “tínhamos”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is T-Í-N-H-A-M-O-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “tinhas” - see the side-by-side comparison. tínhamos vs tinhas
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Same frequency band
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.