# cabo vs can

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### cabo
*noun · frequency rank #1,092*
patente militar abaixo do sargento e acima do soldado

### can
*noun · IPA /kaŋ/ · frequency rank #4,535*
cão

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