# cerca vs cria

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### cria
*noun · IPA /ˈkɾi.ɐ/ · frequency rank #2,414*
animal de mama

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