# pale vs pão

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### pale
*adjective · IPA /peIl/ · frequency rank #45,514*
pálido, claro, descorado

### pão
*noun · IPA /ˈpɐ̃w̃/ · frequency rank #1,942*
alimento à base de farinha amassada, fermentada e assada em forno

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