cru
/ˈkɾu/
The verdict
“cru” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #14,555 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #14,555
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - que não foi cozido ou não foi cozido o suficiente
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 | cru |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈkɾu/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #14,555 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cru” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for cru is 3 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈkɾu/. Corpus data places it at rank #14,555 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cru, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is cru, spelled C-R-U.
Definition
- 1que não foi cozido ou não foi cozido o suficiente
- 2que não foi tratado ou processado
- 3que não está maduro
- 4sem amenização à percepção, que é como realmente é
This word in other languages
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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Using “cru”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-R-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈkɾu/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “cu” - see the side-by-side comparison. cru vs cu
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.