# balance vs balanço

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### balance
*noun · IPA /balɑ̃s/ ouvir^(fonte ?) · frequency rank #20,793*
balança

### balanço
*noun · IPA /bɐ.ˈlɐ̃.su/ · frequency rank #6,987*
movimento oscilatório

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