# memória vs memorizar

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### memória
*noun · IPA /mɨ.ˈmɔ.ɾjɐ/ · frequency rank #1,249*
faculdade de conservar e reproduzir as ideias, imagens ou conhecimentos anteriormente adquiridos

### memorizar
*verb · IPA /mɨ.mu.ɾi.ˈzaɾ/ · frequency rank #33,081*
conservar na memória

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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