cujovscunhoTell them apart

Quick tell: cujo is a pronoun, cunho is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

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.

4 ch
cujo
5 ch
cunho

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

  • cujoccujo · cjuo · cujjo · cuoj · ucjo
  • cunhoccunho · cnuho · cuhno · cunhho · cunnho · cunoh · ucnho

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "cujo" and "cunho" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "cujo" is a pronoun and "cunho" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "cujo" vs "cunho" - which ranks higher?
"cujo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,638 in our Portuguese list, against #13,257 for "cunho". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list