coto
/ˈko.tʊ/
The verdict
“coto” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #50,424 among 3,948 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,424
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,948
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - que está sem dedos, sem mãos, maneta
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | coto |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈko.tʊ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #50,424 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “coto” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
coto is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #50,424 among 3,948 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈko.tʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "que está sem dedos, sem mãos, maneta".
No misspelling variants are generated for coto in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is coto, spelled C-O-T-O.
Definition
- 1que está sem dedos, sem mãos, maneta
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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Using “coto”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-O-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.