# descuido vs destruído

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### descuido
*noun · IPA /dɨʃ.ˈkuj.du/ · frequency rank #22,606*
falta de cuidado

### destruído
*adjective · IPA /dɨʃ.tɾu.ˈi.du/ · frequency rank #6,051*
que se destruiu

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