culto

adj

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The verdict

“culto” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #4,717. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,717
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que se cultivou

Corpus desk

Index PT-culto · culto · Portuguese

culto · rank #4,717 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,717
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH cu

Nearest frequency peer: cu (-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 “culto”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “culto” 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).

culto vs cut
60% similar
culto vs cute
60% similar
culto vs curso
60% similar

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

Key facts for culto
PropertyValue
Headwordculto
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters5
Frequency rank#4,717
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “culto”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).cultocai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “cu” (#4,716), “convencer” (#4,715), “definido” (#4,719). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “culto” fica em #4,717. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around culto, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #4,717 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for culto, with forms such as "cculto", "cluto", and "cullto". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cut", "cute", "curso", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is culto, spelled C-U-L-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    que se cultivou
  2. 2
    pessoa que tem cultura; instruído, letrado
  3. 3
    adiantado em civilização; civilizado

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how culto appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. terrenos cultos

Antonyms

inculto

This word in other languages

cultured(English)cultivé(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cculto
  • cluto
  • cullto
  • culot
  • cultto
  • cutlo
  • uclto

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of culto - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

cculto1cluto2cullto1culot2cultto1cutlo2uclto2
Edit distance from "culto"

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 "culto"?
"culto" is spelled C-U-L-T-O.
What does "culto" mean?
As an adjective, "culto" means: que se cultivou
What words are commonly confused with "culto"?
"culto" is commonly confused with "cut", "cute", "curso". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "culto" come from?
"culto" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

juízo#4,740tribo#4,686pizza#4,755fumar#4,649

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

LGBT7 variantsbelém7 variantsexpor7 variantschato7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list