cuota

[ˈkwot̪a]

/[ˈkwot̪a]/ noun

The verdict

“cuota” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #4,590. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,590
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Porción o parte fija y proporcional de un todo.

Corpus desk

Index ES-cuota · cuota · Spanish

cuota · rank #4,590 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,590
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH correspondien…

Nearest frequency peer: correspondientes (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “cuota”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “cuota” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

cuota vs cut
60% similar
cuota vs cuya
60% similar
cuota vs cura
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for cuota
PropertyValue
Headwordcuota
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkwot̪a]
Letters5
Frequency rank#4,590
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “cuota”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).cuotacae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “correspondientes” (#4,589), “defensor” (#4,591), “contribuir” (#4,588). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “cuota” va en #4,590. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around cuota (IPA [ˈkwot̪a]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,590 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for cuota, with forms such as "ccuota", "couta", and "cuoat". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cut", "cuya", "cura", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is cuota, spelled C-U-O-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Porción o parte fija y proporcional de un todo.
  2. 2
    Cantidad que hay que pagar por un determinado tributo .
  3. 3
    Cantidad fija que paga un socio o miembro por pertenecer a un grupo o organización.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how cuota appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Espero obtener una importante cuota de beneficios para mi departamento.
  2. La cuota es cantidad que resulta de multiplicar el tipo de gravamen por la base imponible (o la base liquidable, en su caso); hay casos, sin embargo, en los que la cuota tributaria es una cantidad fija que la propia Ley fiscal establece.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccuota
  • couta
  • cuoat
  • cuotta
  • cutoa
  • ucota

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cuota - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ccuota1couta2cuoat2cuotta1cutoa2ucota2
Edit distance from "cuota"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cuota"?
"cuota" is spelled C-U-O-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkwot̪a].
What does "cuota" mean?
As a noun, "cuota" means: Porción o parte fija y proporcional de un todo.
What words are commonly confused with "cuota"?
"cuota" is commonly confused with "cut", "cuya", "cura". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cuota"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cuota" is [ˈkwot̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cuota" come from?
"cuota" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cuota", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list