# dua vs duty

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### dua
*verb · IPA /ˈdwa/ · frequency rank #39,112*
querer

### duty
*noun · IPA /ˈdjuːti/ (UK); /duːti/ (US) · frequency rank #24,304*
dever; obrigação

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