# encontrar vs encostar

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### encontrar
*verb · IPA /ẽ.kõ.ˈtɾaɾ/ · frequency rank #460*
ir de encontro a

### encostar
*verb · IPA /ẽ.kuʃ.ˈtaɾ/ · frequency rank #16,042*
apoiar

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