# prender vs pretender

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### pretender
*verb · IPA /pɾɨ.tẽ.ˈdeɾ/ · frequency rank #22,429*
ter a intenção de

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