# caliente vs cliente

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### cliente
*noun · IPA /kli.ˈẽ.tɨ/ · frequency rank #2,084*
pessoa protegida

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