# tempo vs tendo

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### tempo
*noun · IPA /ˈtẽm.pʊ/ · frequency rank #84*
continuum linear não-espacial no qual os eventos se sucedem irreversivelmente

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-02.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tempo-vs-tendo