CPU
The verdict
“CPU” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #21,128) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #21,128
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - circuito interno de um computador que armazena, processa e controla a maior parte das operações
Corpus desk
Index PT-cpu · CPU · Portuguese
CPU · rank #21,128 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,128
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH cônjuge
Nearest frequency peer: cônjuge (+2 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.
Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “CPU”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- congelador
congelador
78,882 corpus weight
- conotação
conotação
78,880 corpus weight
- consagração
consagração
78,879 corpus weight
- CPU
CPU
78,873 corpus weight
- cônjuge
cônjuge
78,871 corpus weight
- deparar
deparar
78,864 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “CPU” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | CPU |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #21,128 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “CPU”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for CPU is neighbouring look-alikes ("cu", "cut", …), not just typos; it is anoun. Frequency #21,128 among 2,140 “C” headwords. 3 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for CPU, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cu", "cut", "cry", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is CPU, spelled C-P-U.
Definition
- 1circuito interno de um computador que armazena, processa e controla a maior parte das operações
- 2parte de um computador doméstico constituído por gabinete contendo em seu interior a maior parte dos dispositivos responsáveis pelo processamento de dados e gráficos
- 3rotina computacional que exerce controle de algum elemento de videojogo simulando o atuar de um videojogador
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how CPU appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Como meu monitor é novo, estou pensando em comprar só uma CPU nova que sai mais barato.
Joga contra a CPU.
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.
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Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).