# cruel

> Portuguese word · Adjective · IPA /kɾu.ˈɛɫ/ · frequency rank #5,617

## Definitions
1. que tem prazer em fazer mal
2. bárbaro; severo; pungente; doloroso; sanguinário; atroz; dilacerante; perverso

## Easily confused with
- **cruz** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cruel-vs-cruz)
- **crush** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cruel-vs-crush)
- **cru** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cru-vs-cruel)
- **crer** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/crer-vs-cruel)
- **creek** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/creek-vs-cruel)
- **cível** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/civel-vs-cruel)
- **camel** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/camel-vs-cruel)
- **crawl** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/crawl-vs-cruel)
- **creep** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/creep-vs-cruel)
- **cartel** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cartel-vs-cruel)
- **cordel** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cordel-vs-cruel)
- **crível** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/crivel-vs-cruel)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ccruel`, `creul`, `crruel`, `cruell`, `crule`, `curel`, `rcuel`

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