# contest vs contestar

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### contest
*noun · frequency rank #27,803*
competição, concurso

### contestar
*verb · IPA /kõ.tɨʃ.ˈtaɾ/ · frequency rank #20,834*
contradizer, refutar

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