curtir

Name: curtir, Portuguese Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

verb

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“curtir” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #5,514. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,514
frequency rank, Portuguese: 2,140
“C” headwords: 9
tracked misspellings: 6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - gozar, desfrutar com grande prazer de algo, aproveitar; sentir prazer ao consumir ou usar

Corpus desk

Index PT-curtir · curtir · Portuguese

curtir · rank #5,514 · 9 variants · 6 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #5,514
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
VAR-MID 9 variants
BOOK-MID 2,140
PHOTO-FINISH criticar

Nearest frequency peer: criticar (-3 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.

concreto

94,494
criticar

94,490
curtir

94,487
demissão

94,484
deter

94,482
devagar

94,481

What this shows “curtir” 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).

curtir vs curto

67% similar

curtir vs cuspir

67% similar

curtir vs curvar

67% similar

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

Key facts for curtir
Property	Value
Headword	curtir
Language	Portuguese
Part of speech	Verb
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#5,514
Misspellings tracked	9
Confusable pairs	6
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “curtir”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).curtircai aqui:

#5,514

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “criticar” (#5,511), “demissão” (#5,517), “deter” (#5,519). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “curtir” fica em #5,514. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around curtir, averb. Corpus frequency is #5,514 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for curtir, with forms such as "ccurtir", "crutir", and "curitr". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "curto", "cuspir", "curvar", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is curtir, spelled C-U-R-T-I-R.

Definition

1
gozar, desfrutar com grande prazer de algo, aproveitar; sentir prazer ao consumir ou usar
2
ter em consideração como algo que se gosta
3
preparar o couro para ser usado
4
curar uma bebedeira
5
amadurecer o estrume, transformar-se o mato ou palha em esterco
6
gostar (regência verbal com preposição: de)
7
aprovar algo publicado na internet marcando com um voto

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Curtir um filme , uma festa.
“Se penso ter sexo com ele? Gostava. Estou a começar a curtir dele”

Synonyms

apreciar apreciar gostardar likedar gostei

This word in other languages

dig(English)curtir(Español)tanner(Français)gerben(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ccurtir
crutir
curitr
currtir
curtirr
curtri
curttir
cutrir
ucrtir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of curtir - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "curtir"

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 "curtir"?

"curtir" is spelled C-U-R-T-I-R.

What does "curtir" mean?

As a verb, "curtir" means: gozar, desfrutar com grande prazer de algo, aproveitar; sentir prazer ao consumir ou usar

What words are commonly confused with "curtir"?

"curtir" is commonly confused with "curto", "cuspir", "curvar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

What language does "curtir" come from?

"curtir" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

bronze#5,500 batata#5,497 adoção#5,487 inútil#5,542

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

demissão9 variants barreira9 variants livrar9 variants mortal9 variants