curtume
/kuɾ.ˈtu.mɨ/
The verdict
“curtume” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #77,839 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,839
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - arte de curtir couros
Corpus desk
Index PT-curtume · curtume · Portuguese
curtume · rank #77,839 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,839
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH cumpridor
Nearest frequency peer: cumpridor (-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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “curtume”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- compósito
compósito
22,187 corpus weight
- contrast
contrast
22,179 corpus weight
- correct
correct
22,175 corpus weight
- cumpridor
cumpridor
22,164 corpus weight
- curtume
curtume
22,162 corpus weight
- denotar
denotar
22,147 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “curtume” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | curtume |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kuɾ.ˈtu.mɨ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #77,839 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “curtume” em português
Rare enough to double-check
curtume is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #77,839 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kuɾ.ˈtu.mɨ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "arte de curtir couros".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for curtume, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is curtume, spelled C-U-R-T-U-M-E.
Definition
- 1arte de curtir couros
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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