# forçado vs forçando

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### forçado
*adjective · IPA /fuɾ.ˈsa.du/ · frequency rank #5,007*
obrigado

### forçando
*verb · IPA /foɹ.ˈsãⁿ.dʊ/ · frequency rank #9,193*
gerúndio do verbo forçar

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