Which to use
“couto” is a noun and “cujo” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,650
- “couto” frequency rank
- #1,638
- “cujo” frequency rank
- 11288
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | couto | cujo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | lugar imune, onde os oficiais da lei não podem entrar | 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: couto vs cujo
Shared letters muted; letters that set couto and cujo apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for couto / cujo
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: couto is anoun and cujoapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11288, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
couto is recorded at frequency rank #9,650, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈkow.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 11288, this pair ranks #61,597 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of couto vs cujo
Shared letters: cou. Private to "couto": t. Private to "cujo": j.
"couto" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "cujo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "couto" and "cujo" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "couto" vs "cujo" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "couto" vs "cujo" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "couto" 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 #61,597 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "couto" and "cujo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coautor vs couto". 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 #61,597 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.