cota

noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,026

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

4

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

cota is aPortuguesenoun. It means: parcela em um conjunto de valores determinada a um indivíduo ou grupo; quota; porção; quinhão It ranks #8,026 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with cut and CSA.

Key facts for cota
PropertyValue
Headwordcota
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters4
Frequency rank#8,026
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for cota is 4 letters long, classified as anoun. Corpus data places it at rank #8,026 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 4 documented wrong-spelling variants for cota, with forms such as "ccota", "cotta", and "ctoa". 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, "cut", "CSA", "cria", 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 cota, spelled C-O-T-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    parcela em um conjunto de valores determinada a um indivíduo ou grupo; quota; porção; quinhão
  2. 2
    o lado oposto ao gume de uma ferramenta ou lâmina
  3. 3
    distância entre um ponto do espaço e o plano horizontal de projeção
  4. 4
    número que permite classificar livros (por exemplo, em registos de bibliotecas)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccota,cotta,ctoa,octa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cota

Misspelling Variants of "cota"

ccota5cotta5ctoa4octa4
Misspelling Variants of "cota"

Frequency rank: #8,026 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cota"?
"cota" is spelled C-O-T-A.
What does "cota" mean?
As a noun, "cota" means: parcela em um conjunto de valores determinada a um indivíduo ou grupo; quota; porção; quinhão
What words are commonly confused with "cota"?
"cota" is commonly confused with "cut", "CSA", "cria". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "cota" come from?
"cota" 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.