curto
/ˈkuɾ.tu/
The verdict
“curto” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #2,136. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,136
- 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 tem pouco comprimento
Corpus desk
Index PT-curto · curto · Portuguese
curto · rank #2,136 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,136
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH consumo
Nearest frequency peer: consumo (-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 “curto”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- camisa
camisa
97,869 corpus weight
- conflito
conflito
97,868 corpus weight
- consumo
consumo
97,867 corpus weight
- curto
curto
97,865 corpus weight
- disputa
disputa
97,863 corpus weight
- dupla
dupla
97,862 corpus weight
What this shows “curto” 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 | curto |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈkuɾ.tu/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #2,136 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “curto”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around curto (IPA /ˈkuɾ.tu/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #2,136 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "que tem pouco comprimento".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for curto, with forms such as "ccurto", "cruto", and "curot". 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", "custo", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is curto, spelled C-U-R-T-O.
Definition
- 1que tem pouco comprimento
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccurto
- cruto
- curot
- currto
- curtto
- cutro
- ucrto
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of curto - 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.
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 "curto", 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).