# escalão vs escasso

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### escalão
*noun · IPA /iʃ.kɐ.ˈlɐ̃w̃/ · frequency rank #10,000*
nível hierárquico

### escasso
*adjective · IPA /iʃ.ˈka.su/ · frequency rank #23,313*
de que há pouco

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