Which to use
“tenham” and “tentam” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,261
- “tenham” frequency rank
- #4,680
- “tentam” frequency rank
- 5941
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tenham | tentam |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | terceira pessoa do plural do presente do conjuntivo do verbo ter | terceira pessoa do plural do presente do modo indicativo do verbo tentar |
Letter map: tenham vs tentam
Shared letters muted; letters that set tenham and tentam apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. tenham and tentam follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Corpus notes: tenham and tentam
tenham and tentam are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by a single letter - h in “tenham” becomes t in “tentam”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5941, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tenham is recorded at frequency rank #1,261, classified as averb. tentam is at rank #4,680, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈtẽ.tɐ̃w̃/ [ˈtẽ.tɐ̃ʊ̯̃].
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 5941, this pair ranks #68,602 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of tenham vs tentam
Shared letters: aemnt. Private to "tenham": h. Private to "tentam": -.
"tenham" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "tentam" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tenham" and "tentam" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "tenham" vs "tentam" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "tenham" and "tentam".
- Full dictionary entry for "tenham" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tentam" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #68,602 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tenham" and "tentam" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tenaz vs tentam". 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 #68,602 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.