# acenar vs acento

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### acenar
*verb · IPA /ɐ.sɨ.ˈnaɾ/ · frequency rank #33,245*
fazer acenos

### acento
*noun · IPA /ɐ.ˈsẽ.tu/ · frequency rank #21,347*
sinal gráfico que altera o som de vogais

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