# evitar vs evocar

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### evitar
*verb · IPA /i.vi.ˈtaɾ/ · frequency rank #1,168*
procurar não fazer ou dizer (algo)

### evocar
*verb · IPA /i.vu.ˈkaɾ/ · frequency rank #40,121*
chamar (uma entidade sobrenatural)

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