# cortês vs costas

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### costas
*noun · IPA /ˈkɔʃtɜʃ/ · frequency rank #1,739*
lado posterior do tórax humano

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