# descida vs despido

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### descida
*noun · IPA /dɨʃ.ˈsi.dɐ/ · frequency rank #11,848*
ato de descer

### despido
*adjective · IPA /dɨʃ.ˈpi.du/ · frequency rank #47,293*
nu; desnudo

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