# catholic vs católico

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### catholic
*adjective · IPA /ˈkaθ(ə)lɪk/ (UK); /ˈkæθ(ə)lɪk/ (US) · frequency rank #39,046*
eclético

### católico
*adjective · IPA /kɐ.ˈtɔ.li.ku/ · frequency rank #8,016*
que tem o catolicismo como religião

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