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“tenham” and “teriam” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#1,261
“tenham” frequency rank
#2,977
“teriam” frequency rank
4238
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tenham teriam
Definition terceira pessoa do plural do presente do conjuntivo do verbo ter terceira pessoa do plural do condicional do verbo ter

Letter map: tenham vs teriam

Shared letters muted; letters that set tenham and teriam apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. tenham (CVCCVC) and teriam (CVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
tenham
6 ch
teriam

Spelling & dictionary notes on tenham vs teriam

tenham and teriam 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4238, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tenham is recorded at frequency rank #1,261, classified as averb. teriam is at rank #2,977, 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 4238, this pair ranks #70,739 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of tenham vs teriam

Shared letters: aemt. Private to "tenham": hn. Private to "teriam": ir.

"tenham" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "teriam" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tenham ← etnham · tehnam · tenahm · tenhamm · tenhham · tenhma · tennham · tneham
  • teriam ← etriam · teiram · teraim · teriamm · terima · terriam · treiam · tteriam

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "tenham" and "teriam" be used interchangeably?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "tenham" or "teriam"?
"tenham" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,261 in our Portuguese list, against #2,977 for "teriam". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "tenham" and "teriam". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "tenham" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "teriam" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #70,739 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tenham" and "teriam" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tenaz vs tenham". 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 #70,739 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list