# receção vs receio

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### receção
*noun · IPA /ʀəsɛˈsɐ̃w̃/ · frequency rank #37,068*
vide recepção

### receio
*noun · IPA /Rɨ.ˈsɐj.u/ · frequency rank #6,578*
medo

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