# incitar vs irritar

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### irritar
*verb · IPA /i.hiˈta(h)/ · frequency rank #12,920*
causar irritação a

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