curtume
/kuɾ.ˈtu.mɨ/
The verdict
“curtume” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #77,839 among 3,948 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,839
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,948
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - arte de curtir couros
| 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) |
Where “curtume” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
curtume is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #77,839 among 3,948 “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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Using “curtume”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-U-R-T-U-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /kuɾ.ˈtu.mɨ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.