diff --git a/doctr/datasets/vocabs.py b/doctr/datasets/vocabs.py
index 981d004c49..ed97e308d9 100644
--- a/doctr/datasets/vocabs.py
+++ b/doctr/datasets/vocabs.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 VOCABS['english'] = VOCABS['latin'] + '°' + VOCABS['currency']
 VOCABS['legacy_french'] = VOCABS['latin'] + '°' + 'àâéèêëîïôùûçÀÂÉÈËÎÏÔÙÛÇ' + VOCABS['currency']
 VOCABS['french'] = VOCABS['english'] + 'àâéèêëîïôùûüçÀÂÉÈÊËÎÏÔÙÛÜÇ'
-VOCABS['portuguese'] = VOCABS['english'] + 'áàâãéêëíïóôõúüçÁÀÂÃÉËÍÏÓÔÕÚÜÇ' + '¡¿'
+VOCABS['portuguese'] = VOCABS['english'] + 'áàâãéêíïóôõúüçÁÀÂÃÉÊÍÏÓÔÕÚÜÇ'
 VOCABS['spanish'] = VOCABS['english'] + 'áéíóúüñÁÉÍÓÚÜÑ' + '¡¿'
 VOCABS['german'] = VOCABS['english'] + 'äöüßÄÖÜẞ'
 VOCABS['arabic'] = (VOCABS['digits'] + VOCABS['hindi_digits'] + VOCABS['arabic_letters'] + VOCABS['persian_letters'] +