Which to use
“telha” is a noun and “tenhas” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,173
- “telha” frequency rank
- #14,973
- “tenhas” frequency rank
- 39146
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | telha | tenhas |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | segunda pessoa do singular do presente do conjuntivo do verbo ter |
Letter map: telha vs tenhas
Shared letters muted; letters that set telha and tenhas apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. telha runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against tenhas's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for telha / tenhas
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: telha is anoun and tenhasaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39146, 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/. tenhas is at rank #14,973, 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 39146, this pair ranks #27,181 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of telha vs tenhas
Shared letters: aeht. Private to "telha": l. Private to "tenhas": ns.
"telha" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "tenhas" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "telha" for "tenhas" ever safe?
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After this comparison
You've compared "telha" and "tenhas". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "telha" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tenhas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #27,181 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "telha" and "tenhas" 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 #27,181 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.