# coentro vs contre

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### coentro
*noun · IPA /ˈkwẽ.tɾu/ · frequency rank #42,366*
coriandro, planta usada como tempero, Coriandrum sativum

### contre
*preposition · IPA /kɔ̃tʁ/ · frequency rank #45,771*
contra, encostado em, perto de, próximo a:

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