curtir
The verdict
“curtir” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #5,514 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a verb.
- #5,514
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - gozar, desfrutar com grande prazer de algo, aproveitar; sentir prazer ao consumir ou usar
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 | curtir |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #5,514 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “curtir” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for curtir is 6 letters long, classified as a verb. Corpus data places it at rank #5,514 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1gozar, desfrutar com grande prazer de algo, aproveitar; sentir prazer ao consumir ou usar
- 2ter em consideração como algo que se gosta
- 3preparar o couro para ser usado
- 4curar uma bebedeira
- 5amadurecer o estrume, transformar-se o mato ou palha em esterco
- 6gostar (regência verbal com preposição: de)
- 7aprovar algo publicado na internet marcando com um voto
This word in other languages
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.
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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Using “curtir”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-U-R-T-I-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “curto” - see the side-by-side comparison. curtir vs curto
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.