# encostar vs encurtar

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### encurtar
*verb · IPA /ẽ.kuɾ.ˈtaɾ/ · frequency rank #27,462*
tornar curto

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