# paro vs pro

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### paro
*verb · IPA /ˈpa.roː/. · frequency rank #12,123*
preparar.

### pro
*preposition · IPA /ˈprɔ/ ouvir^(fonte ?) · frequency rank #1,173*
para

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