# descolar vs desculpar

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### desculpar
*verb · IPA /dɨʃ.kuɫ.ˈpaɾ/ · frequency rank #12,862*
perdoar

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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