# penal

> Portuguese word · Adjective · IPA /pɨ.ˈnaɫ/ · frequency rank #2,646

## Definitions
1. relativo ao direito penal ou ao processo penal

## Easily confused with
- **pera** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/penal-vs-pera)
- **penso** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/penal-vs-penso)
- **perna** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/penal-vs-perna)
- **penha** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/penal-vs-penha)
- **pesar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/penal-vs-pesar)
- **pente** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/penal-vs-pente)
- **penis** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/penal-vs-penis)
- **pensar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/penal-vs-pensar)
- **pensão** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/penal-vs-pensao)
- **pinhal** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/penal-vs-pinhal)
- **punhal** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/penal-vs-punhal)
- **pétala** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/penal-vs-petala)
- **pernil** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/penal-vs-pernil)
- **peça** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/peca-vs-penal)
- **pega** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/pega-vs-penal)
- **peão** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/peao-vs-penal)
- **peak** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/peak-vs-penal)
- **pegar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/pegar-vs-penal)
- **papal** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/papal-vs-penal)
- **pecar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/pecar-vs-penal)

## Common misspellings (7)
`epnal`, `peanl`, `penall`, `penla`, `pennal`, `pneal`, `ppenal`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/word/penal