# citado vs cito

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### citado
*adjective · IPA /si.ˈta.du/ · frequency rank #4,796*
que sofreu citação

### cito
*verb · IPA /ˈki.toː/ · frequency rank #25,237*
fazer mover-se, excitar.

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