# police vs polido

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### police
*noun · IPA pəˈliːs/ · frequency rank #18,149*
polícia (instituição)

### polido
*adjective · IPA /pu.ˈli.du/ · frequency rank #35,729*
lustroso

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