# prisma vs prison

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### prisma
*noun · IPA /ˈpɾiʒ.mɐ/ · frequency rank #17,894*
sólido com bases paralelas poligonais e paralelogramos como faces laterais

### 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/prisma-vs-prison