# castelo vs costela

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### castelo
*noun · IPA /kɐʃ.ˈtɛ.lu/ · frequency rank #2,822*
habitação antiga fortificada

### costela
*noun · IPA /kuʃ.ˈtɛ.lɐ/ · frequency rank #16,721*
ossos longos e achatados que ligam a coluna dorsal ao esterno, formando a caixa torácica

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