# decepção vs detenção

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### decepção
*noun · IPA \de.se.pə.sˈə̃w\ · frequency rank #9,987*
desilusão

### detenção
*noun · IPA /dɨ.tẽ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ · frequency rank #7,756*
ato de deter

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