# africano vs americano

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### africano
*adjective · IPA /a.fɾi.ˈkã.nu/ · frequency rank #4,283*
da África

### americano
*adjective · IPA /a.me.ɾi.ˈkã.nu/ · frequency rank #842*
da América (continente)

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