quota
/ˈkwoʊ.tə/noun
quota is spelled Q-U-O-T-A: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.4 times per million words in written English, the 14,307th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, quota means “A proportional part or share; the share or proportion assigned to each in a division” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of quota is quotas.
How many letters and syllables are in quota?
| Letters | 5: Q-U-O-T-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.4 times per million words; the 14,307th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is quota?
Quota appears 3.4 times per million words in written English, the 14,307th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce quota?
- UK /ˈkwəʊ.tə/
- US /ˈkwoʊ.tə/
- US [ˈkwoʊ.ɾə]
Quota has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-quota.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with quota?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as quota from its last stressed vowel (/oʊtə/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of quota
- quotas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does quota mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A proportional part or share; the share or proportion assigned to each in a division.
- 2
A prescribed number or percentage that may serve as, for example, a maximum, a minimum, or a goal.
- 3
A restriction on the import of something to a specific quantity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Quota in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Quote, Anteil, Teilmenge , Kontingent, (gleiche) Teilmenge |
| Portuguese | cota, quota |
| Spanish | cuota , cuota de importación, contingente |
| French | quota |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does quota come from?
From Latin quota pars; see Latin quota.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).