# selar vs star

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### star
*noun · IPA /stɑ:ʳ/ ouvir^(fonte ?) · frequency rank #3,645*
estrela

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