# pecar vs piscar

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### piscar
*verb · IPA /pisˈka(ʁ)/ [pisˈka(h)] · frequency rank #15,179*
ação de fechar e abrir rapidamente os olhos

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