# vacilar vs vaiar

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### vacilar
*verb · IPA /vɐ.si.ˈlaɾ/ · frequency rank #40,377*
balançar, cambalear, oscilar, tremer

### vaiar
*verb · frequency rank #38,530*
dar vaias; apupar

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