# Instrumental vs instrumento

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### Instrumental
*noun · IPA /ɪnstʀumɛnˈtaːl/ · frequency rank #13,959*
caso instrumental

### instrumento
*noun · IPA /ĩʃ.tɾu.ˈmẽ.tu/ · frequency rank #2,780*
ferramenta ou utensílio utilizável para executar ou observar algo

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