# contest vs cortês

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### cortês
*adjective · IPA /kuɾ.ˈteʃ/ · frequency rank #27,024*
que tem cortesia

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