# incitar vs iniciar

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### incitar
*verb · IPA /ĩ.si.ˈtaɾ/ · frequency rank #27,887*
instigar

### iniciar
*verb · frequency rank #3,412*
ato de dar ou de ter início

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