# para vs pau

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### pau
*noun · IPA /ˈpaw/ · frequency rank #2,492*
bastão de madeira

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