tenhamvstinhasWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#1,261
“tenham” frequency rank
#17,926
“tinhas” frequency rank
19187
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tenham tinhas
Definition terceira pessoa do plural do presente do conjuntivo do verbo ter segunda pessoa do singular do pretérito imperfeito do indicativo do verbo ter

Letter map: tenham vs tinhas

Shared letters muted; letters that set tenham and tinhas apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
tenham
6 ch
tinhas

Spelling & dictionary notes on tenham vs tinhas

tenham and tinhas 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 19187, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tenham is recorded at frequency rank #1,261, classified as averb. tinhas is at rank #17,926, 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 19187, this pair ranks #51,617 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of tenham vs tinhas

Shared letters: ahnt. Private to "tenham": em. Private to "tinhas": is.

"tenham" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "tinhas" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tenhametnham · tehnam · tenahm · tenhamm · tenhham · tenhma · tennham · tneham
  • tinhasitnhas · tihnas · tinahs · tinhass · tinhhas · tinhsa · tinnhas · tnihas

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "tenham" and "tinhas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "tenham" or "tinhas" show up more?
"tenham" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,261 in our Portuguese list, against #17,926 for "tinhas". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pair "tenham" vs "tinhas" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "tenham" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tinhas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #51,617 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tenham" and "tinhas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tainha vs tinhas". 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 #51,617 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