Which to use
“telha” is a noun and “tenha” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,173
- “telha” frequency rank
- #369
- “tenha” frequency rank
- 24542
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | telha | tenha |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | peça de barro cozido ou de outro material (pedra, cimento-amianto, metal, vidro, plástico, madeira etc.), usado na cobertura de casas e outros edifícios | primeira pessoa do singular do presente do conjuntivo do verbo ter |
Letter map: telha vs tenha
Shared letters muted; letters that set telha and tenha apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. telha and tenha follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for telha / tenha
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: telha is anoun and tenhaaverb. On the page they differ by a single letter - l in “telha” becomes n in “tenha”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24542, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
telha is recorded at frequency rank #24,173, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈtɐj.ʎɐ/. tenha is at rank #369, 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 24542, this pair ranks #45,043 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of telha vs tenha
Shared letters: aeht. Private to "telha": l. Private to "tenha": n.
"telha" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "tenha" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "telha" for "tenha" ever safe?
Which is more common, "telha" or "tenha"?
What to do next
Pair "telha" vs "tenha" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "telha" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tenha" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #45,043 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "telha" and "tenha" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "telha vs tralha". 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 #45,043 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.