# tengo vs terno

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### terno
*adjective · IPA /ˈtɛɾ.nu/ · frequency rank #11,363*
tenro

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