Which to use
“teco” is a noun and “tengo” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,185
- “teco” frequency rank
- #46,588
- “tengo” frequency rank
- 89773
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | teco | tengo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | tiro de arma de fogo | primeira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo tener |
Letter map: teco vs tengo
Shared letters muted; letters that set teco and tengo apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. teco runs 4 letters (CVCV) against tengo's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for teco / tengo
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: teco is anoun and tengoaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 89773, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
teco is recorded at frequency rank #43,185, classified as anoun. tengo is at rank #46,588, tagged as averb.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 89773, this pair ranks #310 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of teco vs tengo
Shared letters: eot. Private to "teco": c. Private to "tengo": gn.
"teco" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "tengo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "teco" for "tengo" ever safe?
Which is more common, "teco" or "tengo"?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "teco" and "tengo".
- Full dictionary entry for "teco" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tengo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #310 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "teco" and "tengo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "teco vs tufo". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #310 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.