# apagar vs aplacar

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### apagar
*verb · frequency rank #4,285*
fazer desaparecer (raspando, etc.)

### aplacar
*verb · IPA /ɐ.plɐ.ˈkaɾ/ · frequency rank #43,760*
reduzir a força ou a intensidade de; acalmar, atenuar, minorar

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