# fundamental vs fundamento

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### fundamental
*adjective · IPA /fũ.dɐ.mẽ.ˈtaɫ/ · frequency rank #1,979*
que serve de fundamento

### fundamento
*noun · IPA /fũ.dɐ.ˈmẽ.tu/ · frequency rank #9,057*
alicerce, base

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