# Peru vs peruca

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### Peru
*noun · IPA /peˈruː/ · frequency rank #2,439*
Peru

### peruca
*noun · IPA /pɨ.ˈɾu.kɐ/ · frequency rank #17,349*
cabeleira postiça

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