# cerca vs cercar

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### cerca
*adverb · IPA /ˈseɾ.kɐ/ · frequency rank #362*
perto, nas proximidades, na cercania

### cercar
*verb · IPA /sɨɾ.ˈkaɾ/ · frequency rank #25,230*
pôr cerco a, sitiar

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