# provar vs provocar

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### provar
*verb · IPA /pɾu.ˈvaɾ/ · frequency rank #2,795*
demonstrar com provas; testemunhar

### provocar
*verb · IPA /pɾu.vu.ˈkaɾ/ · frequency rank #4,848*
desafiar

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