# ban vs bem

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### ban
*noun · frequency rank #13,668*
proibição

### bem
*adverb · IPA /ˈbẽĩ̯/ · frequency rank #54*
de maneira hábil, segura

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