# nuclear vs núcleo

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### nuclear
*adjective · IPA /nu.ˈkljaɾ/ · frequency rank #2,784*
que se refere ao núcleo

### núcleo
*noun · frequency rank #3,029*
miolo da noz, avelã, amêndoa, pinhão ou de outras frutas

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