# pires vs porém

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### pires
*adjective · IPA /ˈpi.ɾɨʃ/ · frequency rank #5,985*
barato, ordinário, pretensioso, reles, vulgar

### porém
*conjunction · IPA /pu.ˈɾɐ̃j̃/ · frequency rank #439*
indica oposição entre ideias

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