# tangente vs tenente

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### tangente
*adjective · IPA /tɐ̃.ˈʒẽ.tɨ/ · frequency rank #44,127*
que tange

### tenente
*noun · frequency rank #3,523*
patente das forças armadas abaixo do capitão

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tangente-vs-tenente