# pesquisador vs pesquisar

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### pesquisador
*noun · frequency rank #6,227*
aquele que faz pesquisas

### pesquisar
*verb · IPA /pɨʃ.ki.ˈzaɾ/ · frequency rank #4,944*
investigar

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