# PhD vs put

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### PhD
*noun · frequency rank #17,608*
pessoa que possui o título de doutorado; doutor/doutora

### put
*verb · IPA /pʊt/ · frequency rank #18,961*
pôr, colocar

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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