cuando

/ˈkwando/

//ˈkwando// conj

The verdict

“cuando” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #29,659. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,659
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - quando

Corpus desk

Index PT-cuando · cuando · Portuguese

cuando · rank #29,659 · 8 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #29,659
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH cripta

Nearest frequency peer: cripta (-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 “cuando”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “cuando” 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).

cuando vs cunho
67% similar
cuando vs curdo
67% similar
cuando vs cubano
67% similar

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

Key facts for cuando
PropertyValue
Headwordcuando
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechConjunction
IPA/ˈkwando/
Letters6
Frequency rank#29,659
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “cuando”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).cuandocai 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 “cripta” (#29,658), “culminar” (#29,661), “credencial” (#29,656). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “cuando” fica em #29,659. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around cuando (IPA /ˈkwando/), aconjunction. Corpus frequency is #29,659 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "quando".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for cuando, with forms such as "caundo", "ccuando", and "cuadno". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "cunho", "curdo", "cubano", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is cuando, spelled C-U-A-N-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    quando

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • caundo
  • ccuando
  • cuadno
  • cuanddo
  • cuanndo
  • cuanod
  • cunado
  • ucando

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cuando - 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.

caundo2ccuando1cuadno2cuanddo1cuanndo1cuanod2cunado2ucando2
Edit distance from "cuando"

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 "cuando"?
"cuando" is spelled C-U-A-N-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈkwando/.
What does "cuando" mean?
As a conjunction, "cuando" means: quando
What words are commonly confused with "cuando"?
"cuando" is commonly confused with "cunho", "curdo", "cubano". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cuando"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cuando" is /ˈkwando/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cuando" come from?
"cuando" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list