# eliminar vs examinar

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### eliminar
*verb · IPA /i.li.mi.ˈnaɾ/ · frequency rank #3,388*
suprimir, fazer sair, excluir

### examinar
*verb · IPA /i.zɐ.mi.ˈnaɾ/ · frequency rank #9,844*
analisar com atenção e minúcia

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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