# captar vs capturar

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### captar
*verb · IPA /kɐ.pˈtaɾ/ · frequency rank #10,666*
atrair por captação

### capturar
*verb · IPA /kap.tu.ˈɾaɾ/ · frequency rank #6,272*
prender

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