Which to use
“cujo” is a pronoun and “cunho” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,638
- “cujo” frequency rank
- #13,257
- “cunho” frequency rank
- 14895
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cujo | cunho |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 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 | origem, fundo, base ou ligação com |
Letter map: cujo vs cunho
Shared letters muted; letters that set cujo and cunho apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Grammar separator: cujo vs cunho
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cujo is apronoun and cunhoanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14895, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cujo is recorded at frequency rank #1,638, classified as apron. cunho is at rank #13,257, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈku.ɲu/.
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 14895, this pair ranks #57,079 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cujo vs cunho
Shared letters: cou. Private to "cujo": j. Private to "cunho": hn.
"cujo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "cunho" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cujo" and "cunho" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "cujo" vs "cunho" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've compared "cujo" and "cunho". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "cujo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cunho" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #57,079 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cujo" and "cunho" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cunho vs curvo". 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 #57,079 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.