cota

noun

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The verdict

“cota” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #8,026) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#8,026
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - parcela em um conjunto de valores determinada a um indivíduo ou grupo; quota; porção; quinhão

Corpus desk

Index PT-cota · cota · Portuguese

cota · rank #8,026 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,026
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH célula

Nearest frequency peer: célula (+4 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.

Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “cota”

Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo

corpus weight

What this shows As barras situam “cota” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.

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).

cota vs cut
50% similar
cota vs CSA
0% similar
cota vs cria
50% similar

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

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

Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “cota”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).cotacai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “célula” (#8,030), “compor” (#8,020), “complementar” (#8,019). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “cota” fica em #8,026. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for cota is neighbouring look-alikes ("cut", "CSA", …), not just typos; it is anoun. Frequency #8,026 among 2,140 “C” headwords. 4 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for cota, with forms such as "ccota", "cotta", and "ctoa". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, 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 borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is cota, spelled C-O-T-A.

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)

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. A cota do ponto (-1,3,-7) é -7.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccota
  • cotta
  • ctoa
  • octa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cota - 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.

ccota1cotta1ctoa2octa2
Edit distance from "cota"

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.

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's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

days#8,033fast#8,052íris#7,993suma#7,978

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list