# preso vs prison

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### preso
*adjective · frequency rank #1,020*
encarceirado, levado à prisão

### prison
*noun · IPA /pʁi.zɔ̃/ · frequency rank #18,155*
prisão, cadeia, cárcere:

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