cerda vs corta, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“cerda” is an adjective and “corta” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#47,775
“cerda” frequency rank: #4,545
“corta” frequency rank: 52320
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	cerda	corta
Definition	que é porca, suja	ato de cortar

Letter map: cerda vs corta

Shared letters muted; letters that set cerda and corta apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch

cerda

5 ch

corta

Role in the sentence - cerda and corta

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cerda is anadjective and cortaanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52320, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cerda is recorded at frequency rank #47,775, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈseɾ.dɐ/. corta is at rank #4,545, tagged as anoun.

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 52320, this pair ranks #12,856 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of cerda vs corta

Shared letters: acr. Private to "cerda": de. Private to "corta": ot.

"cerda" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "corta" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

cerda ← ccerda · cedra · cerad · cerdda · cerrda · creda · ecrda
corta ← ccorta · corat · corrta · cortta · cotra · crota · ocrta

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "cerda" and "corta" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "cerda" is an adjective and "corta" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

In ordinary Portuguese text, does "cerda" or "corta" show up more?

"corta" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,545 in our Portuguese list, against #47,775 for "cerda". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "cerda" and "corta".

Full dictionary entry for "cerda" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "corta" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #12,856 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"cerda" and "corta" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cerda vs Ceres". 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 #12,856 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.