# who vs why

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### who
*pronoun · frequency rank #5,055*
que; o qual, os quais, a qual, as quais

### why
*adverb · frequency rank #10,814*
por que

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