# descolar vs descontar

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### descolar
*verb · IPA /dɨʃ.ku.ˈlaɾ/ · frequency rank #31,325*
despegar, desunir o que estava colado

### descontar
*verb · IPA /dɨʃ.kõ.ˈtaɾ/ · frequency rank #22,272*
fazer desconto

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