# alerta vs alertar

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### alerta
*adjective · IPA /a.ˈlɛɾ.tɐ/ · frequency rank #2,551*
que está em estado de prontidão

### alertar
*verb · IPA /ɐ.lɨɾ.ˈtaɾ/ · frequency rank #10,997*
pôr em alerta

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