# salientar vs saliente

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### salientar
*verb · IPA /sɐ.ljẽ.ˈtaɾ/ · frequency rank #14,459*
tornar saliente

### saliente
*adjective · IPA /sɐ.ˈljẽ.tɨ/ · frequency rank #33,605*
que sobressai

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