tenhamosvstenhasConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#7,703
“tenhamos” frequency rank
#14,973
“tenhas” frequency rank
22676
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tenhamos tenhas
Definition primeira pessoa do plural do presente do conjuntivo verbo ter segunda pessoa do singular do presente do conjuntivo do verbo ter

Letter map: tenhamos vs tenhas

Shared letters muted; letters that set tenhamos and tenhas apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. tenhamos runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVC) against tenhas's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
tenhamos
6 ch
tenhas

Corpus notes: tenhamos and tenhas

tenhamos and tenhas 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22676, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tenhamos is recorded at frequency rank #7,703, classified as averb. tenhas is at rank #14,973, 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 22676, this pair ranks #47,321 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of tenhamos vs tenhas

Shared letters: aehnst. Private to "tenhamos": mo. Private to "tenhas": -.

"tenhamos" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC  ·  "tenhas" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tenhamos ← etnhamos · tehnamos · tenahmos · tenhammos · tenhamoss · tenhamso · tenhaoms · tenhhamos
  • tenhas ← etnhas · tehnas · tenahs · tenhass · tenhhas · tenhsa · tennhas · tnehas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "tenhamos" for "tenhas" ever safe?
No. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "tenhamos" vs "tenhas" - which ranks higher?
"tenhamos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,703 in our Portuguese list, against #14,973 for "tenhas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "tenhamos" and "tenhas".

  • Full dictionary entry for "tenhamos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tenhas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #47,321 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tenhamos" and "tenhas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tenaz vs tenhas". 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 #47,321 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