# temendo vs tendo

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### temendo
*verb · IPA /te.ˈmẽⁿ.dʊ/ · frequency rank #15,218*
gerúndio do verbo temer

### tendo
*verb · IPA /ˈten.doː/ · frequency rank #591*
esticar, estender.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/temendo-vs-tendo