# exaustão vs exaustivo

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### exaustão
*noun · IPA /i.zawʃ.ˈtɐ̃w̃/ · frequency rank #17,506*
ato ou efeito de exaustar(-se)

### exaustivo
*adjective · IPA /i.zawʃ.ˈti.vu/ · frequency rank #28,196*
que causa exaustão

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