cuatrovsculatraTell them apart

Quick tell: cuatro is a num, culatra is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“cuatro” is a num and “culatra” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#41,423
“cuatro” frequency rank
#28,922
“culatra” frequency rank
70345
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cuatro culatra
Definition quatro parte subsequente ao cano de uma arma de fogo

Letter map: cuatro vs culatra

Shared letters muted; letters that set cuatro and culatra apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

6 ch
cuatro
7 ch
culatra

Role in the sentence - cuatro and culatra

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cuatro is anum and culatraanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70345, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cuatro is recorded at frequency rank #41,423, classified as anum, pronounced /ˈkŭarto/. culatra is at rank #28,922, 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 70345, this pair ranks #3,652 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of cuatro vs culatra

Shared letters: acrtu. Private to "cuatro": o. Private to "culatra": l.

"cuatro" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV  ·  "culatra" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cuatrocautro · ccuatro · cuarto · cuator · cuatrro · cuattro · cutaro · ucatro
  • culatracculatra · cluatra · cualtra · cularta · culatar · culatrra · culattra · cullatra

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "cuatro" and "culatra" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "cuatro" is a num and "culatra" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "cuatro" or "culatra"?
"culatra" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,922 in our Portuguese list, against #41,423 for "cuatro". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "cuatro" vs "culatra" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cuatro" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "culatra" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #3,652 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cuatro" and "culatra" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cuando vs cuatro". 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 #3,652 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