# doente vs duende

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### doente
*adjective · frequency rank #2,318*
que tem a saúde alterada

### duende
*noun · frequency rank #21,149*
criatura do folclore ibérico, latino-americano e filipino

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