# cercado vs cercar

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### cercado
*adjective · IPA /sɨɾ.ˈka.du/ · frequency rank #8,164*
rodeado ou contornado por uma barreira

### 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: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cercado-vs-cercar