cunho
/ˈku.ɲu/
The verdict
“cunho” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #13,257. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,257
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - origem, fundo, base ou ligação com
Corpus desk
Index PT-cunho · cunho · Portuguese
cunho · rank #13,257 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,257
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH dançarino
Nearest frequency peer: dançarino (+2 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 “cunho”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- condenar
condenar
86,750 corpus weight
- crioulo
crioulo
86,749 corpus weight
- cunho
cunho
86,744 corpus weight
- dançarino
dançarino
86,742 corpus weight
- decadência
decadência
86,740 corpus weight
- demitir
demitir
86,737 corpus weight
What this shows “cunho” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
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 | cunho |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈku.ɲu/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #13,257 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “cunho”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around cunho (IPA /ˈku.ɲu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,257 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 cunho, with forms such as "ccunho", "cnuho", and "cuhno". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "curso", "custo", "curto", 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is cunho, spelled C-U-N-H-O.
Definition
- 1origem, fundo, base ou ligação com
- 2peça de ferro gravada para marcar moedas, medalhas, etc
- 3carácter distintivo
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccunho
- cnuho
- cuhno
- cunhho
- cunnho
- cunoh
- ucnho
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cunho - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cunho", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).