Which to use
“tenho” is a verb and “tonto” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #90
- “tenho” frequency rank
- #19,014
- “tonto” frequency rank
- 19104
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tenho | tonto |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | primeira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo ter | que sente ou tem tonturas |
Letter map: tenho vs tonto
Shared letters muted; letters that set tenho and tonto apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. tenho and tonto follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Role in the sentence - tenho and tonto
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: tenho is averb and tontoanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19104, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tenho is recorded at frequency rank #90, classified as averb. tonto is at rank #19,014, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈtõ.tu/.
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 19104, this pair ranks #51,725 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of tenho vs tonto
Shared letters: not. Private to "tenho": eh. Private to "tonto": -.
"tenho" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "tonto" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "tenho" vs "tonto" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've compared "tenho" and "tonto". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "tenho" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tonto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #51,725 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tenho" and "tonto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tengo vs tonto". 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 #51,725 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.