chutar vs chuto, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“chutar” is a verb and “chuto” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#11,028
“chutar” frequency rank: #36,804
“chuto” frequency rank: 47832
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	chutar	chuto
Definition	bater com o pé em	golpe no qual se bate o pé contra algo

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set chutar and chuto apart are highlighted. They share 4 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

6 ch

chutar

5 ch

chuto

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: chutar is /ʃu.ˈtaɾ/ while chuto is /ˈʃu.tu/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47832, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

chutar is recorded at frequency rank #11,028, classified as averb, pronounced /ʃu.ˈtaɾ/. chuto is at rank #36,804, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈʃu.tu/.

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 47832, this pair ranks #17,383 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of chutar vs chuto

Shared letters: chtu. Private to "chutar": ar. Private to "chuto": o.

"chutar" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "chuto" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

chutar ← cchutar · chhutar · chtuar · chuatr · chutarr · chutra · chuttar · cuhtar
chuto ← cchuto · chhuto · chtuo · chuot · chutto · cuhto · hcuto

Frequency comparison

chutar#11,028

chuto#36,804

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "chutar" and "chuto" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "chutar" is a verb and "chuto" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "chutar" or "chuto"?

"chutar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,028 in our Portuguese list, against #36,804 for "chuto". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering chutar vs chuto

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need a verb, it's “chutar”; for a noun, it's “chuto”.
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