# da vs dot

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### da
*contraction · IPA /da/ · frequency rank #8*
contração da preposição de com o artigo definido a

### dot
*noun · IPA /ˈdot/ · frequency rank #23,988*
dúvida

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