# bow vs but

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### but
*conjunction · frequency rank #7,254*
mas, porém, todavia

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