Which to use
“teme” is a noun and “tens” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,093
- “teme” frequency rank
- #2,447
- “tens” frequency rank
- 12540
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | teme | tens |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | anta; tapir, Tapirus terrestris | segunda pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo ter |
Letter map: teme vs tens
Shared letters muted; letters that set teme and tens apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for teme / tens
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: teme is anoun and tensaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12540, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
teme is recorded at frequency rank #10,093, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈtɛ.mɛ/. tens is at rank #2,447, 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 12540, this pair ranks #60,000 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of teme vs tens
Shared letters: et. Private to "teme": m. Private to "tens": ns.
"teme" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "tens" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
You've compared "teme" and "tens". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "teme" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tens" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #60,000 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "teme" and "tens" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "teme vs trema". 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 #60,000 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.