compota
/kõ.ˈpɔ.tɐ/
The verdict
“compota” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #53,221 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,221
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - doce em calda
Corpus desk
Index PT-compota · compota · Portuguese
compota · rank #53,221 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,221
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH condescendênc…
Nearest frequency peer: condescendência (+5 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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “compota”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- cestinha
cestinha
46,798 corpus weight
- Comanche
Comanche
46,786 corpus weight
- compota
compota
46,780 corpus weight
- condescendê…
condescendência
46,775 corpus weight
- conformado
conformado
46,774 corpus weight
- corinthiano
corinthiano
46,768 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “compota” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | compota |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kõ.ˈpɔ.tɐ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #53,221 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “compota” em português
Rare enough to double-check
compota is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #53,221 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kõ.ˈpɔ.tɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "doce em calda".
compota has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is compota, spelled C-O-M-P-O-T-A.
Definition
- 1doce em calda
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how compota appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Toda porteira parece ter alguma coisa para vender, de cereja madura a compota feita em casa.
This word in other languages
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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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