# pale vs para

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### para
*preposition · IPA /ˈpɐ.ɾɐ/ · frequency rank #10*
exprime fim, destino, lugar, tempo, direção etc

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