court

/kuʁ/

//kuʁ// adj

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The verdict

“court” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #14,107. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,107
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
19
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - curto, breve, rápido

Corpus desk

Index PT-court · court · Portuguese

court · rank #14,107 · 7 variants · 19 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,107
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH contribuído

Nearest frequency peer: contribuído (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “court”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “court” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

court vs cut
60% similar
court vs cura
60% similar
court vs cult
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for court
PropertyValue
Headwordcourt
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/kuʁ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#14,107
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “court”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.courtcai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “contribuído” (#14,106), “direct” (#14,115), “distinto” (#14,116). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “court” fica em #14,107. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around court (IPA /kuʁ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #14,107 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "curto, breve, rápido".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for court, with forms such as "ccourt", "corut", and "courrt". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "cut", "cura", "cult", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is court, spelled C-O-U-R-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    curto, breve, rápido

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how court appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Cette manche est plus courte que l’autre.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccourt
  • corut
  • courrt
  • courtt
  • coutr
  • cuort
  • ocurt

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of court - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ccourt1corut2courrt1courtt1coutr2cuort2ocurt2
Edit distance from "court"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "court"?
"court" is spelled C-O-U-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is /kuʁ/.
What does "court" mean?
As an adjective, "court" means: curto, breve, rápido
What words are commonly confused with "court"?
"court" is commonly confused with "cut", "cura", "cult". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "court"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "court" is /kuʁ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "court" come from?
"court" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "court", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

casco#14,093farra#14,140fight#14,141fuzil#14,148

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list