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

#14,973
“tenhas” frequency rank
#28,045
“terás” frequency rank
43018
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tenhas terás
Definition segunda pessoa do singular do presente do conjuntivo do verbo ter segunda pessoa do singular do futuro do indicativo do verbo ter

Letter map: tenhas vs terás

Shared letters muted; letters that set tenhas and terás apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. tenhas runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against terás's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
tenhas
5 ch
terás

Pair insight - tenhas / terás

tenhas and terás 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43018, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tenhas is recorded at frequency rank #14,973, classified as averb. terás is at rank #28,045, 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 43018, this pair ranks #22,663 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of tenhas vs terás

Shared letters: est. Private to "tenhas": ahn. Private to "terás": rá.

"tenhas" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "terás" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tenhas ← etnhas · tehnas · tenahs · tenhass · tenhhas · tenhsa · tennhas · tnehas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "tenhas" for "terás" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, 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 "tenhas" or "terás" show up more?
"tenhas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,973 in our Portuguese list, against #28,045 for "terás". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "tenhas" and "terás". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "tenhas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "terás" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #22,663 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tenhas" and "terás" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tenaz vs terás". 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 #22,663 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