# despido vs desvio

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### desvio
*noun · IPA /dɨʒ.ˈvi.u/ · frequency rank #7,388*
mudança de direção

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