Which to use
“ten” is a pronoun and “tenso” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,094
- “ten” frequency rank
- #11,362
- “tenso” frequency rank
- 21456
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ten | tenso |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | este, esta, esse, essa | que está sob tensão; em que há tensão |
Letter map: ten vs tenso
Shared letters muted; letters that set ten and tenso apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for ten / tenso
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ten is apronoun and tensoanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “ten” sits inside “tenso”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21456, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ten is recorded at frequency rank #10,094, classified as apron. tenso is at rank #11,362, tagged as anadj.
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 21456, this pair ranks #48,799 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ten vs tenso
Shared letters: ent. Private to "ten": -. Private to "tenso": os.
"ten" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "tenso" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- tenso ← etnso · tennso · tenos · tensso · tesno · tneso · ttenso
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ten" for "tenso" ever safe?
Frequency check: "ten" vs "tenso" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "ten" and "tenso".
- Full dictionary entry for "ten" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tenso" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #48,799 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ten" and "tenso" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tengo vs tenso". 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 #48,799 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.