conta

//ˈkõ.tɐ// noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#223

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

conta is aPortuguesenoun. It means: qualquer operação de aritmética Pronounced /ˈkõ.tɐ/. It ranks #223 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with copa and cota.

Key facts for conta
PropertyValue
Headwordconta
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈkõ.tɐ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#223
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of conta in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for conta is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈkõ.tɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #223 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 12 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for conta, with forms such as "cconta", "cnota", and "conat". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "copa", "cota", "cova", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is conta, spelled C-O-N-T-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    qualquer operação de aritmética
  2. 2
    cada um dos grupos de registros de um resumo contábil, balanço, etc
  3. 3
    lista de preços de mercadorias compradas
  4. 4
    registro de transações bancárias
  5. 5
    registro de transações a crédito em estabelecimento comercial
  6. 6
    pequena decoração (geralmente esférica) com furo no meio usada em colares e outros ornamentos
  7. 7
    cada um dos clientes de uma empresa de propaganda
  8. 8
    conjunto de dados presente em um computador atrelado a um nome usuário
  9. 9
    sessão em um sistema computacional feita usando o conjunto de dados atrelados a um nome de usuário
  10. 10
    consideração
  11. 11
    posição em que se é aquele ao qual fica vinculado responsabilidade e subsequentemente punições, desdobramentos ou consequências de falha a ela relacionada
  12. 12
    conto, historieta, história

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cconta,cnota,conat,connta,contta,cotna,ocnta

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for conta

Misspelling Variants of "conta"

cconta6cnota5conat5connta6contta6cotna5ocnta5
Misspelling Variants of "conta"

Frequency rank: #223 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "conta"?
"conta" is spelled C-O-N-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈkõ.tɐ/.
What does "conta" mean?
As a noun, "conta" means: qualquer operação de aritmética
What words are commonly confused with "conta"?
"conta" is commonly confused with "copa", "cota", "cova". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "conta"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "conta" is /ˈkõ.tɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "conta" come from?
"conta" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter C in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.