# but vs by

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### by
*preposition · frequency rank #1,598*
por;

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