# aflição vs aplicar

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### aflição
*noun · IPA /ɐ.fli.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ · frequency rank #15,246*
agonia; sofrimento intenso, tristeza pungente

### aplicar
*verb · IPA /ɐ.pli.ˈkaɾ/ · frequency rank #5,378*
sobrepor, pôr sobre

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