# estimar vs estimular

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### estimar
*verb · IPA /iʃ.ti.ˈmaɾ/ · frequency rank #25,300*
ter afeição a

### estimular
*verb · IPA /iʃ.ti.mu.ˈlaɾ/ · frequency rank #7,527*
provocar a actividade

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