# soap vs sou

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### soap
*noun · IPA /soʊp/ · frequency rank #49,703*
sabão

### sou
*verb · IPA /ˈsow/, /ˈso/ · frequency rank #106*
primeira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo ser

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