# cão vs capô

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### capô
*noun · IPA /ka.ˈpo/ · frequency rank #31,676*
cobertura que protege o motor de um veículo

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cao-vs-capo