# encarar vs encerrar

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### encarar
*verb · IPA /ẽ.kɐ.ˈɾaɾ/ · frequency rank #5,527*
olhar de frente e fixamente; fitar

### encerrar
*verb · IPA /ẽj.se.ˈxaɾ/ · frequency rank #6,648*
conter, concluir, terminar

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