# picar vs piorar

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### picar
*verb · IPA /pi.ˈkaɾ/ · frequency rank #26,144*
dar picadas em

### piorar
*verb · IPA /pju.ˈɾaɾ/ · frequency rank #6,686*
ficar pior

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