# encenar vs encerrar

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### encenar
*verb · IPA /ẽ.sɨ.ˈnaɾ/ · frequency rank #30,939*
pôr em cena; fazer representar no palco

### 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/encenar-vs-encerrar