# APA vs ask

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### APA
*abbrev · frequency rank #23,196*
área de proteção ambiental

### ask
*verb · IPA /ɑːsk/, /æsk/ · frequency rank #11,211*
perguntar

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