# cabo vs cão

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### cão
*adjective · IPA /ˈkɐ̃ũ̯/ · frequency rank #3,065*
cruel, brutal, dominador

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