# chefiar vs cheirar

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### chefiar
*verb · IPA /ʃɨ.ˈfjaɾ/ · frequency rank #38,622*
exercer a função de chefe

### cheirar
*verb · IPA /ʃɐj.ˈɾaɾ/ · frequency rank #14,536*
aspirar o cheiro de; farejar; pesquisar; revelar

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