tendavstenhamWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#13,400
“tenda” frequency rank
#1,261
“tenham” frequency rank
14661
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tenda tenham
Definition abrigo facilmente montado ou desmontado terceira pessoa do plural do presente do conjuntivo do verbo ter

Letter map: tenda vs tenham

Shared letters muted; letters that set tenda and tenham apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. tenda runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against tenham's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
tenda
6 ch
tenham

Grammar separator: tenda vs tenham

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: tenda is anoun and tenhamaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14661, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tenda is recorded at frequency rank #13,400, classified as anoun. tenham is at rank #1,261, 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 14661, this pair ranks #57,365 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of tenda vs tenham

Shared letters: aent. Private to "tenda": d. Private to "tenham": hm.

"tenda" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "tenham" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tenda ← etnda · tedna · tenad · tendda · tennda · tneda · ttenda
  • tenham ← etnham · tehnam · tenahm · tenhamm · tenhham · tenhma · tennham · tneham

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "tenda" for "tenham" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "tenda" is a noun and "tenham" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "tenda" or "tenham"?
"tenham" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,261 in our Portuguese list, against #13,400 for "tenda". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

You've compared "tenda" and "tenham". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "tenda" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tenham" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #57,365 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tenda" and "tenham" 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 #57,365 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