# cotta

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #34,840

## Definitions
1. A surplice, in England and America usually one shorter and less full than the ordinary surplice and with short sleeves, or sometimes none.
2. A kind of coarse woolen blanket.

## Etymology
From Medieval Latin cotta (“clerical tunic”).

## Easily confused with
- **CTA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cotta-vs-cta)
- **cotton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cotta-vs-cotton)
- **cotter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cotta-vs-cotter)
- **Coutts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cotta-vs-coutts)
- **cottage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cotta-vs-cottage)
- **cot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cot-vs-cotta)
- **coa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coa-vs-cotta)
- **cost** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cost-vs-cotta)
- **coat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coat-vs-cotta)
- **cola** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cola-vs-cotta)
- **coma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coma-vs-cotta)
- **coca** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coca-vs-cotta)
- **colt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/colt-vs-cotta)
- **cont** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cont-vs-cotta)
- **Cora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cora-vs-cotta)
- **cote** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cote-vs-cotta)
- **coda** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coda-vs-cotta)
- **costs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/costs-vs-cotta)
- **costa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/costa-vs-cotta)
- **coats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coats-vs-cotta)

## Common misspellings (4)
`ccotta`, `cotat`, `ctota`, `octta`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/cotta