# cruz

> Portuguese word · Noun · IPA /ˈkɾuʃ/ · frequency rank #1,606

## Definitions
1. símbolo formado por dois planos, normalmente linhas, um orientado horizontalmente e outro na vertical, cruzando-se e formando um ângulo de 90 graus; a linha é, por vezes, maior para baixo do cruzamento

## Easily confused with
- **cu** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cruz-vs-cu)
- **cut** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cruz-vs-cut)
- **cry** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cruz-vs-cry)
- **cum** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cruz-vs-cum)
- **Cyrus** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cruz-vs-cyrus)
- **cruzar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cruz-vs-cruzar)
- **céu** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/ceu-vs-cruz)
- **cru** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cru-vs-cruz)
- **CPU** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cpu-vs-cruz)
- **chu** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/chu-vs-cruz)
- **cri** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cri-vs-cruz)
- **cria** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cria-vs-cruz)
- **crer** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/crer-vs-cruz)
- **cruel** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cruel-vs-cruz)
- **crush** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/crush-vs-cruz)
- **cariz** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cariz-vs-cruz)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ccruz`, `crruz`, `cruzz`, `crzu`, `curz`, `rcuz`

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