# cão vs carol

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### carol
*noun · IPA /ˈkæɹəl/ · frequency rank #4,295*
coro, canção de Natal

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