cujovscuteWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: cujo is a pronoun, cute is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“cujo” is a pronoun and “cute” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#1,638
“cujo” frequency rank
#34,217
“cute” frequency rank
35855
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cujo cute
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 que tem característica bonita, que agrada, que causa de encantamento

Letter map: cujo vs cute

Shared letters muted; letters that set cujo and cute apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
cujo
4 ch
cute

Role in the sentence - cujo and cute

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cujo is apronoun and cuteanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35855, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cujo is recorded at frequency rank #1,638, classified as apron. cute is at rank #34,217, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈku.ʧi/.

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 35855, this pair ranks #31,105 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of cujo vs cute

Shared letters: cu. Private to "cujo": jo. Private to "cute": et.

"cujo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "cute" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cujoccujo · cjuo · cujjo · cuoj · ucjo
  • cuteccute · ctue · cuet · cutte · ucte

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "cujo" and "cute" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "cujo" is a pronoun and "cute" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "cujo" vs "cute" - which ranks higher?
"cujo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,638 in our Portuguese list, against #34,217 for "cute". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pair "cujo" vs "cute" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cujo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cute" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #31,105 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cujo" and "cute" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chuto vs cute". 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 #31,105 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