# chefiar vs confiar

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### confiar
*verb · IPA /kõ.ˈfjaɾ/ · frequency rank #3,062*
acreditar

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