caídovscurdoConfusable pair

Which to use

“caído” and “curdo” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#8,017
“caído” frequency rank
#33,772
“curdo” frequency rank
41789
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature caído curdo
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Letter map: caído vs curdo

Shared letters muted; letters that set caído and curdo apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. caído (CVVCV) and curdo (CVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
caído
5 ch
curdo

Corpus notes: caído and curdo

caído and curdo are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41789, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

caído is recorded at frequency rank #8,017, classified as anadj. curdo is at rank #33,772, tagged as anadj.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 41789, this pair ranks #24,082 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of caído vs curdo

Shared letters: cdo. Private to "caído": aí. Private to "curdo": ru.

"caído" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV  ·  "curdo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • curdo ← ccurdo · crudo · cudro · curddo · curod · currdo · ucrdo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "caído" and "curdo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "caído" vs "curdo" - which ranks higher?
"caído" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,017 in our Portuguese list, against #33,772 for "curdo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "caído" and "curdo". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "caído" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "curdo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #24,082 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "caído" and "curdo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cerda vs curdo". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #24,082 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list