cutelo

/ku.ˈtɛ.lu/

//ku.ˈtɛ.lu// noun

The verdict

“cutelo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #65,394 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,394
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - faca em forma de crescente própria para cortar ossos, usada pelos talhantes

Corpus desk

Index PT-cutelo · cutelo · Portuguese

cutelo · rank #65,394 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,394
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH crase

Nearest frequency peer: crase (-9 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 “cutelo”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “cutelo” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cutelo
PropertyValue
Headwordcutelo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ku.ˈtɛ.lu/
Letters6
Frequency rank#65,394
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “cutelo” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).cutelocai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “crase” (#65,385), “corista” (#65,380), “desandar” (#65,411). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “cutelo” fica em #65,394. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cutelo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #65,394 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ku.ˈtɛ.lu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "faca em forma de crescente própria para cortar ossos, usada pelos talhantes".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cutelo, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is cutelo, spelled C-U-T-E-L-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    faca em forma de crescente própria para cortar ossos, usada pelos talhantes

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 "cutelo"?
"cutelo" is spelled C-U-T-E-L-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ku.ˈtɛ.lu/.
What does "cutelo" mean?
As a noun, "cutelo" means: faca em forma de crescente própria para cortar ossos, usada pelos talhantes
How do you pronounce "cutelo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cutelo" is /ku.ˈtɛ.lu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cutelo" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list