# pecado vs pecar

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### pecado
*noun · IPA /pɨ.ˈka.du/ · frequency rank #3,926*
transgressão de um preceito religioso

### pecar
*verb · IPA /pɨ.ˈkaɾ/ · frequency rank #32,725*
cometer pecado

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