# premier vs prender

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### premier
*noun · IPA /ˈprɛ̃mʲjɛr/ · frequency rank #12,313*
primeiro-ministro, premiê

### prender
*verb · IPA /pɾẽ.ˈdeɾ/ · frequency rank #4,096*
colocar na prisão pessoa que infringiu a lei

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/premier-vs-prender