Which to use
“tentam” and “tinham” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,680
- “tentam” frequency rank
- #904
- “tinham” frequency rank
- 5584
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tentam | tinham |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | terceira pessoa do plural do presente do modo indicativo do verbo tentar | terceira pessoa do plural do pretérito imperfeito do indicativo do verbo ter |
Letter map: tentam vs tinham
Shared letters muted; letters that set tentam and tinham apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. tentam and tinham follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Corpus notes: tentam and tinham
tentam and tinham 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 5584, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tentam is recorded at frequency rank #4,680, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈtẽ.tɐ̃w̃/ [ˈtẽ.tɐ̃ʊ̯̃]. tinham is at rank #904, 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 5584, this pair ranks #68,996 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of tentam vs tinham
Shared letters: amnt. Private to "tentam": e. Private to "tinham": hi.
"tentam" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "tinham" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tentam" and "tinham" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "tentam" or "tinham"?
Useful next steps
Pair "tentam" vs "tinham" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "tentam" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tinham" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #68,996 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tentam" and "tinham" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tainha vs tinham". 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 #68,996 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.