# cadente vs caliente

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### cadente
*adjective · IPA /kɐ.ˈdẽ.tɨ/ · frequency rank #39,512*
que cai, vai ou está caindo

### caliente
*adjective · IPA [kaˈljen̪.te] · frequency rank #49,852*
quente

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