Which to use
“cujo” is a pronoun and “curvo” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,638
- “cujo” frequency rank
- #37,736
- “curvo” frequency rank
- 39374
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cujo | curvo |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | em forma de arco |
Letter map: cujo vs curvo
Shared letters muted; letters that set cujo and curvo apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Role in the sentence - cujo and curvo
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cujo is apronoun and curvoanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39374, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cujo is recorded at frequency rank #1,638, classified as apron. curvo is at rank #37,736, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈkuɾ.vu/.
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 39374, this pair ranks #26,900 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cujo vs curvo
Shared letters: cou. Private to "cujo": j. Private to "curvo": rv.
"cujo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "curvo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "cujo" and "curvo" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "cujo" vs "curvo" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "cujo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "curvo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #26,900 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cujo" and "curvo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "curvado 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 #26,900 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.