# arrancar vs arranhão

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### arrancar
*verb · IPA /ɐ.Rɐ̃.ˈkaɾ/ · frequency rank #8,422*
tirar da terra

### arranhão
*noun · IPA /ɐ.Rɐ.ˈɲɐ̃w̃/ · frequency rank #41,832*
pequena escoriação ou ferimento superficial

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