# destacado vs destacar

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### destacado
*adjective · IPA /dɨʃ.tɐ.ˈka.du/ · frequency rank #10,170*
que se destacou

### destacar
*verb · IPA /dɨʃ.tɐ.ˈkaɾ/ · frequency rank #5,083*
enviar em destacamento

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