Which to use
“tendão” is a noun and “tenho” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #32,401
- “tendão” frequency rank
- #90
- “tenho” frequency rank
- 32491
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tendão | tenho |
|---|---|---|
| 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 ter |
Letter map: tendão vs tenho
Shared letters muted; letters that set tendão and tenho apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. tendão runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against tenho'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 tenho
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: tendão is anoun and tenhoaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32491, 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/. tenho is at rank #90, 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 32491, this pair ranks #35,302 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of tendão vs tenho
Shared letters: enot. Private to "tendão": dã. Private to "tenho": h.
"tendão" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "tenho" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- tenho ← etnho · tehno · tenhho · tennho · tenoh · tneho · ttenho
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "tendão" for "tenho" ever safe?
Frequency check: "tendão" vs "tenho" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "tendão" and "tenho".
- Full dictionary entry for "tendão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tenho" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #35,302 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tendão" and "tenho" 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 #35,302 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.