# sustentar vs sustento

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### sustentar
*verb · IPA /suʃ.tẽ.ˈtaɾ/ · frequency rank #7,222*
transitivo

### sustento
*noun · IPA /suʃ.ˈtẽ.tu/ · frequency rank #12,779*
ato ou efeito de sustentar.

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