cutucar
The verdict
“cutucar” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #46,250. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #46,250
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - tocar, mexer, encostar
Corpus desk
Index PT-cutucar · cutucar · Portuguese
cutucar · rank #46,250 · 10 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #46,250
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH curvado
Nearest frequency peer: curvado (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “cutucar”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- curvado
curvado
53,753 corpus weight
- cutucar
cutucar
53,751 corpus weight
- depuração
depuração
53,745 corpus weight
- desastrado
desastrado
53,743 corpus weight
- descansou
descansou
53,740 corpus weight
- desorientado
desorientado
53,734 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “cutucar” sits against the nearest ranked Portuguese headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cutucar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #46,250 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cutucar” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around cutucar, averb. Corpus frequency is #46,250 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for cutucar, with forms such as "ccutucar", "ctuucar", and "cutcuar". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is cutucar, spelled C-U-T-U-C-A-R.
Definition
- 1tocar, mexer, encostar
- 2provocar, provocar a fúria
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cutucar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nesta entrevista ao Estado, dada ontem, por telefone, de sua casa, Juvenal não perdeu a oportunidade de cutucar os rivais.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccutucar
- ctuucar
- cutcuar
- cuttucar
- cutuacr
- cutucarr
- cutuccar
- cutucra
- cuutcar
- uctucar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cutucar - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cutucar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "cutucar". Here's where to go from here.
- 10 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #46,250 among Portuguese headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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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.