tendavstendeWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: tenda is a noun, tende is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“tenda” is a noun and “tende” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#13,400
“tenda” frequency rank
#6,951
“tende” frequency rank
20351
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tenda tende
Definition abrigo facilmente montado ou desmontado segunda pessoa do plural do imperativo do verbo ter

Letter map: tenda vs tende

Shared letters muted; letters that set tenda and tende apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. tenda and tende follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
tenda
5 ch
tende

Role in the sentence - tenda and tende

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: tenda is anoun and tendeaverb. On the page they differ by a single letter - a in “tenda” becomes e in “tende”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20351, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tenda is recorded at frequency rank #13,400, classified as anoun. tende is at rank #6,951, 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 20351, this pair ranks #50,186 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of tenda vs tende

Shared letters: dent. Private to "tenda": a. Private to "tende": -.

"tenda" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "tende" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tenda ← etnda · tedna · tenad · tendda · tennda · tneda · ttenda
  • tende ← etnde · tedne · tendde · tened · tennde · tnede · ttende

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "tenda" for "tende" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "tenda" is a noun and "tende" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "tenda" or "tende"?
"tende" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,951 in our Portuguese list, against #13,400 for "tenda". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "tenda" vs "tende" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "tenda" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tende" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #50,186 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tenda" and "tende" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tenda vs tengo". 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 #50,186 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list