# selar vs socar

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### selar
*verb · IPA /sɨ.ˈlaɾ/ · frequency rank #26,893*
pôr sela (em cavalo, por exemplo)

### socar
*verb · IPA /su.ˈkaɾ/ · frequency rank #26,204*
dar socos em

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