Which to use
“tendão” is a noun and “tengo” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #32,401
- “tendão” frequency rank
- #46,588
- “tengo” frequency rank
- 78989
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tendão | tengo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | cordão fibroso, formado por tecido conjuntivo, graças ao qual os músculos se inserem nos ossos ou nos outros órgãos | primeira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo tener |
Letter map: tendão vs tengo
Shared letters muted; letters that set tendão and tengo apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. tendão runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against tengo's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - tendão and tengo
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: tendão is anoun and tengoaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78989, 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/. tengo is at rank #46,588, 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 78989, this pair ranks #1,568 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of tendão vs tengo
Shared letters: enot. Private to "tendão": dã. Private to "tengo": g.
"tendão" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "tengo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- tengo ← etngo · tegno · tenggo · tenngo · tenog · tnego · ttengo
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "tendão" and "tengo" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "tendão" or "tengo"?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "tendão" and "tengo".
- Full dictionary entry for "tendão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tengo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,568 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tendão" and "tengo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "teco 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 #1,568 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.