# tornado vs tornar

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### tornado
*noun · IPA /tuɾ.ˈna.du/ · frequency rank #4,770*
aguaceiro forte com trovoada, vento e grandes ondas

### tornar
*verb · IPA /tuɾ.ˈnaɾ/ · frequency rank #859*
voltar

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