# pau vs PhD

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### PhD
*noun · frequency rank #17,608*
pessoa que possui o título de doutorado; doutor/doutora

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