# radiação vs radical

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### radiação
*noun · IPA /Rɐ.djɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ · frequency rank #5,138*
ato ou efeito de radiar (luz)

### radical
*adjective · IPA /Rɐ.di.ˈkaɫ/ · frequency rank #5,040*
relativo a raiz

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
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