# expansão vs expensas

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### expansão
*noun · IPA /ɐjʃ.pɐ̃.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ · frequency rank #3,075*
ato de expandir(-se)

### expensas
*noun · IPA /ɐjʃ.ˈpẽ.sɐʃ/ · frequency rank #41,998*
despesas

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