Which to use
“tendão” is a noun and “tendes” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #32,401
- “tendão” frequency rank
- #37,110
- “tendes” frequency rank
- 69511
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tendão | tendes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | cordão fibroso, formado por tecido conjuntivo, graças ao qual os músculos se inserem nos ossos ou nos outros órgãos | segunda pessoa do plural do presente do indicativo do verbo ter |
Letter map: tendão vs tendes
Shared letters muted; letters that set tendão and tendes apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. tendão (CVCCVV) and tendes (CVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Role in the sentence - tendão and tendes
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: tendão is anoun and tendesaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69511, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tendão is recorded at frequency rank #32,401, classified as anoun, pronounced /tẽ.ˈdɐ̃w̃/. tendes is at rank #37,110, 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 69511, this pair ranks #3,932 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of tendão vs tendes
Shared letters: dent. Private to "tendão": oã. Private to "tendes": s.
"tendão" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "tendes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- tendes ← etndes · tednes · tenddes · tendess · tendse · teneds · tenndes · tnedes
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "tendão" for "tendes" ever safe?
Frequency check: "tendão" vs "tendes" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've compared "tendão" and "tendes". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "tendão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tendes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #3,932 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tendão" and "tendes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tender vs tendes". 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 #3,932 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.