# búfalo vs buraco

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### búfalo
*noun · IPA /ˈbu.fɐ.lu/ · frequency rank #34,171*
ruminante bovídeo

### buraco
*noun · IPA /bu.ˈɾa.ku/ · frequency rank #4,450*
uma abertura através de alguma coisa

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