# forçar vs former

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### forçar
*verb · IPA /fuɾ.ˈsaɾ/ · frequency rank #6,423*
obrigar alguém a fazer algo que esta não queria fazer

### former
*noun · frequency rank #47,368*
formador

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