# despensa vs dispensar

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### despensa
*noun · IPA /dɨʃ.ˈpẽ.sɐ/ · frequency rank #24,290*
repartimento do imóvel onde se guardam mantimentos; copa

### dispensar
*verb · IPA /diʃ.pẽ.ˈsaɾ/ · frequency rank #19,125*
conceder dispensa a

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