cursorvscurtirWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: cursor is a noun, curtir is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“cursor” is a noun and “curtir” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#41,424
“cursor” frequency rank
#5,514
“curtir” frequency rank
46938
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cursor curtir
Definition cursor gozar, desfrutar com grande prazer de algo, aproveitar; sentir prazer ao consumir ou usar

Letter map: cursor vs curtir

Shared letters muted; letters that set cursor and curtir apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
cursor
6 ch
curtir

Part-of-speech tell for cursor / curtir

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cursor is anoun and curtiraverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46938, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cursor is recorded at frequency rank #41,424, classified as anoun, pronounced /kɜɹsəɹ/, [ˈkʰɜ˞ sə˞]. curtir is at rank #5,514, tagged as averb.

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 46938, this pair ranks #18,373 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of cursor vs curtir

Shared letters: cru. Private to "cursor": os. Private to "curtir": it.

"cursor" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "curtir" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cursorccursor · crusor · curosr · currsor · cursorr · cursro · curssor · cusror
  • curtirccurtir · crutir · curitr · currtir · curtirr · curtri · curttir · cutrir

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "cursor" for "curtir" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "cursor" is a noun and "curtir" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "cursor" vs "curtir" - which ranks higher?
"curtir" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,514 in our Portuguese list, against #41,424 for "cursor". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "cursor" vs "curtir" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cursor" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "curtir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #18,373 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cursor" and "curtir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cursor 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 #18,373 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