# arão vs areal

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### arão
*noun · IPA Singular: /ɐ.'ɾaŋ/, /ɐ.'ɾa.o/, /ɐ.'ɾaw/ · frequency rank #30,004*
ave marinha, airo, também chamado arau-comum, Uria aalge

### areal
*noun · IPA /ɐ.ˈɾjaɫ/ · frequency rank #29,585*
lugar onde há areia

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