# colonial vs colonizar

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### colonial
*adjective · IPA /ku.lu.ˈnjaɫ/ · frequency rank #4,453*
referente a colônia ou a colonos

### colonizar
*verb · IPA /ku.lu.ni.ˈzaɾ/ · frequency rank #36,814*
transformar em ou criar colônia

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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