# balcão vs banca

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### balcão
*noun · IPA /baɫ.ˈkɐ̃w̃/ · frequency rank #11,011*
mostrador de estabelecimento comercial

### banca
*noun · frequency rank #9,448*
bancada, mesa de trabalho

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