Which to use
“telha” is a noun and “tenham” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,173
- “telha” frequency rank
- #1,261
- “tenham” frequency rank
- 25434
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | telha | tenham |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | terceira pessoa do plural do presente do conjuntivo do verbo ter |
Letter map: telha vs tenham
Shared letters muted; letters that set telha and tenham apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for telha / tenham
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: telha is anoun and tenhamaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25434, 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/. tenham is at rank #1,261, 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 25434, this pair ranks #43,879 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of telha vs tenham
Shared letters: aeht. Private to "telha": l. Private to "tenham": mn.
"telha" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "tenham" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "telha" and "tenham" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "telha" vs "tenham" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "telha" and "tenham".
- Full dictionary entry for "telha" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tenham" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #43,879 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "telha" and "tenham" 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 #43,879 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.