chevscuteWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: che is a intj, cute is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“che” is an intj and “cute” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#11,600
“che” frequency rank
#34,217
“cute” frequency rank
45817
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature che cute
Definition para expressar desprezo ou que se duvida da verdade do que se esta a ouvir que tem característica bonita, que agrada, que causa de encantamento

Letter map: che vs cute

Shared letters muted; letters that set che and cute apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch
che
4 ch
cute

Part-of-speech tell for che / cute

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: che is anintj and cuteanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45817, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

che is recorded at frequency rank #11,600, classified as anintj. cute is at rank #34,217, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈku.ʧi/.

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 45817, this pair ranks #19,576 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of che vs cute

Shared letters: ce. Private to "che": h. Private to "cute": tu.

"che" · 3 letters · shape CCV  ·  "cute" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cuteccute · ctue · cuet · cutte · ucte

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "che" and "cute" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "che" is an intj and "cute" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "che" or "cute"?
"che" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,600 in our Portuguese list, against #34,217 for "cute". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "che" vs "cute" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "che" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cute" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #19,576 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "che" and "cute" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chuto vs cute". 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 #19,576 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