# violence vs violento

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### violence
*noun · IPA /vjɔ.lɑ̃s/, X-SAMPA: /vjOlA~s/ · frequency rank #33,227*
violência

### violento
*adjective · IPA /vju.ˈlẽ.tu/ · frequency rank #6,488*
exercido com força

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