Which to use
“cortês” is an adjective and “curte” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,024
- “cortês” frequency rank
- #12,413
- “curte” frequency rank
- 39437
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cortês | curte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que tem cortesia | ação de relacionar-se amorosamente, ter troca de carícias e se curtir sem compromisso |
Letter map: cortês vs curte
Shared letters muted; letters that set cortês and curte apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for cortês / curte
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cortês is anadjective and curteanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39437, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cortês is recorded at frequency rank #27,024, classified as anadj, pronounced /kuɾ.ˈteʃ/. curte is at rank #12,413, 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 39437, this pair ranks #26,802 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cortês vs curte
Shared letters: crt. Private to "cortês": osê. Private to "curte": eu.
"cortês" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "curte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- curte ← ccurte · crute · curet · currte · curtte · cutre · ucrte
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "cortês" and "curte" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "cortês" vs "curte" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "cortês" and "curte".
- Full dictionary entry for "cortês" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "curte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #26,802 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cortês" and "curte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Ceres vs cortês". 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 #26,802 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.