# tengo vs tento

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### tengo
*verb · frequency rank #46,588*
primeira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo tener

### tento
*pronoun · frequency rank #4,187*
este / esta / isto

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tengo-vs-tento