# rejeitar vs respeitar

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### rejeitar
*verb · IPA /Rɨ.ʒɐj.ˈtaɾ/ · frequency rank #13,379*
não aceitar

### respeitar
*verb · IPA /Rɨʃ.pɐj.ˈtaɾ/ · frequency rank #4,341*
reverenciar

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