Which to use
“tendão” is a noun and “tenham” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #32,401
- “tendão” frequency rank
- #1,261
- “tenham” frequency rank
- 33662
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tendão | tenham |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | cordão fibroso, formado por tecido conjuntivo, graças ao qual os músculos se inserem nos ossos ou nos outros órgãos | terceira pessoa do plural do presente do conjuntivo do verbo ter |
Letter map: tendão vs tenham
Shared letters muted; letters that set tendão and tenham apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. tendão (CVCCVV) and tenham (CVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Part-of-speech tell for tendão / tenham
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: tendão is anoun and tenhamaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33662, 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/. 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 33662, this pair ranks #33,781 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of tendão vs tenham
Shared letters: ent. Private to "tendão": doã. Private to "tenham": ahm.
"tendão" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "tenham" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- tenham ← etnham · tehnam · tenahm · tenhamm · tenhham · tenhma · tennham · tneham
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tendão" and "tenham" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "tendão" or "tenham"?
Useful next steps
Pair "tendão" vs "tenham" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "tendão" 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 #33,781 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tendão" and "tenham" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tendão 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 #33,781 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.