# zu vs zum

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### zu
*adjective · IPA /t͡suː/ · frequency rank #39,935*
fechado

### zum
*preposition · IPA /t͡stʊm/ · frequency rank #43,231*
ao, à, para o, para a

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