# perante vs picante

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### perante
*preposition · IPA /pɨ.ˈɾɐ̃.tɨ/ · frequency rank #2,745*
na presença de; diante de; ante

### picante
*adjective · IPA /pi.ˈkɐ̃.tɨ/ · frequency rank #20,688*
que pica

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