# paralisar vs paralisia

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### paralisar
*verb · IPA /pɐ.ɾɐ.li.ˈzaɾ/ · frequency rank #29,456*
fazer parar; tornar imóvel

### paralisia
*noun · IPA /pɐ.ɾɐ.li.ˈzi.ɐ/ · frequency rank #15,644*
perda de função motora em determinadas partes do corpo

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