Which to use
“cujo” is a pronoun and “curdo” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,638
- “cujo” frequency rank
- #33,772
- “curdo” frequency rank
- 35410
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cujo | curdo |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | relativo ao grupo étnico de origem ariana-iraniana que habita o Oriente Médio e reivindica o Curdistão como nação |
Letter map: cujo vs curdo
Shared letters muted; letters that set cujo and curdo apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Grammar separator: cujo vs curdo
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cujo is apronoun and curdoanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35410, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cujo is recorded at frequency rank #1,638, classified as apron. curdo is at rank #33,772, tagged as anadj.
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 35410, this pair ranks #31,652 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cujo vs curdo
Shared letters: cou. Private to "cujo": j. Private to "curdo": dr.
"cujo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "curdo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cujo" for "curdo" ever safe?
Which is more common, "cujo" or "curdo"?
Useful next steps
You've compared "cujo" and "curdo". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "cujo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "curdo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #31,652 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cujo" and "curdo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cerda vs curdo". 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 #31,652 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.