ciúmevsclubeWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#12,626
“ciúme” frequency rank
#846
“clube” frequency rank
13472
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ciúme clube
Definition sentimento causado pelo receio de perder, para outro, o afeto da pessoa amada; zelos grupo de pessoas que se reúnem para estudo, diversão, jogos, esportes, etc

Where the eye mixes ciúme and clube

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

5 ch
ciúme
5 ch
clube

Visual trap between ciúme and clube

A purely visual mix-up. ciúme (/ˈsju.mɨ/) and clube (/ˈklu.bɨ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13472, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ciúme is recorded at frequency rank #12,626, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈsju.mɨ/. clube is at rank #846, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈklu.bɨ/.

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 13472, this pair ranks #58,855 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of ciúme vs clube

Shared letters: ce. Private to "ciúme": imú. Private to "clube": blu.

"ciúme" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV  ·  "clube" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • clubecclube · clbue · cllube · clubbe · clueb · culbe · lcube

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "ciúme" and "clube" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (/ˈsju.mɨ/ versus /ˈklu.bɨ/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "ciúme" or "clube" show up more?
"clube" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #846 in our Portuguese list, against #12,626 for "ciúme". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "ciúme" and "clube" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ciúme" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "clube" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #58,855 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ciúme" and "clube" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ciúme vs comme". 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 #58,855 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