# fóssil vs fosso

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### fóssil
*adjective · IPA /ˈfɔ.siɫ/ · frequency rank #18,878*
que se extrai da terra

### fosso
*noun · IPA /ˈfo.su/ · frequency rank #15,815*
cova

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