# indicar vs iniciar

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### indicar
*verb · IPA /ĩ.di.ˈkaɾ/ · frequency rank #4,240*
apontar, mostrar, revelar:

### 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/indicar-vs-iniciar