chutovscujoWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: chuto is a noun, cujo is a pronoun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#36,804
“chuto” frequency rank
#1,638
“cujo” frequency rank
38442
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature chuto cujo
Definition golpe no qual se bate o pé contra algo relaciona dois substantivos, um antecedente e outro consequente, sendo este último possuidor de algo (qualidade, condição, sentimento, ser etc.) designado pelo primeiro; equivale a de que, de quem, do/da qual, dos/das quais

Letter map: chuto vs cujo

Shared letters muted; letters that set chuto and cujo apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
chuto
4 ch
cujo

Grammar separator: chuto vs cujo

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: chuto is anoun and cujoapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38442, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

chuto is recorded at frequency rank #36,804, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈʃu.tu/. cujo is at rank #1,638, tagged as apron.

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 38442, this pair ranks #28,015 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of chuto vs cujo

Shared letters: cou. Private to "chuto": ht. Private to "cujo": j.

"chuto" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV  ·  "cujo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • chutocchuto · chhuto · chtuo · chuot · chutto · cuhto · hcuto
  • cujoccujo · cjuo · cujjo · cuoj · ucjo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "chuto" and "cujo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "chuto" is a noun and "cujo" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "chuto" or "cujo"?
"cujo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,638 in our Portuguese list, against #36,804 for "chuto". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

You've compared "chuto" and "cujo". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "chuto" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cujo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #28,015 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "chuto" and "cujo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chuto vs cisto". 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 #28,015 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