# bid vs bow

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### bid
*noun · IPA /bɪd/ · frequency rank #26,645*
licitação, lance (num leilão)

### bow
*noun · IPA /bəʊ/ · frequency rank #22,885*
arco

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