# tenaz vs tento

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### tenaz
*adjective · IPA /tɨ.ˈnaʃ/ · frequency rank #42,239*
muito aderente

### tento
*pronoun · frequency rank #4,187*
este / esta / isto

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