# departamento vs department

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### departamento
*noun · IPA /dɨ.pɐɾ.tɐ.ˈmẽ.tu/ · frequency rank #1,068*
circunscrição

### department
*noun · IPA /dɪˈpɑː(ɹ)tmənt/ · frequency rank #19,114*
departamento

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