# pato vs put

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### pato
*adjective · IPA /ˈpa.tʊ/ · frequency rank #6,330*
empatado

### put
*verb · IPA /pʊt/ · frequency rank #18,961*
pôr, colocar

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