Which to use
“tenhamos” and “tínhamos” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,703
- “tenhamos” frequency rank
- #4,772
- “tínhamos” frequency rank
- 12475
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tenhamos | tínhamos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | primeira pessoa do plural do presente do conjuntivo verbo ter | primeira pessoa do plural do pretérito imperfeito do indicativo do verbo ter |
Letter map: tenhamos vs tínhamos
Shared letters muted; letters that set tenhamos and tínhamos apart highlighted. Shared run: 7. tenhamos and tínhamos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Spelling & dictionary notes on tenhamos vs tínhamos
tenhamos and tínhamos 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 - e in “tenhamos” becomes í in “tínhamos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12475, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tenhamos is recorded at frequency rank #7,703, classified as averb. tínhamos is at rank #4,772, 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 12475, this pair ranks #60,086 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of tenhamos vs tínhamos
Shared letters: ahmnost. Private to "tenhamos": e. Private to "tínhamos": í.
"tenhamos" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "tínhamos" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- tenhamos ← etnhamos · tehnamos · tenahmos · tenhammos · tenhamoss · tenhamso · tenhaoms · tenhhamos
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tenhamos" and "tínhamos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "tenhamos" vs "tínhamos" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pair "tenhamos" vs "tínhamos" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "tenhamos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tínhamos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #60,086 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tenhamos" and "tínhamos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tínhamos 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 #60,086 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.