ota
/ˈo.tɐ/
The verdict
“ota” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #31,082) as an interjection. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #31,082
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 385
- “O” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - expressa regozijo pela dor ou sofrimento alheio
Corpus desk
Index PT-ota · ota · Portuguese
ota · rank #31,082 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #31,082
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 385
- PHOTO-FINISH outorga
Nearest frequency peer: outorga (+3 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 “ota”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- oligarquia
oligarquia
68,925 corpus weight
- ota
ota
68,919 corpus weight
- outorga
outorga
68,916 corpus weight
- parisiense
parisiense
68,911 corpus weight
- peck
peck
68,910 corpus weight
- populismo
populismo
68,901 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “ota” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ota |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | /ˈo.tɐ/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #31,082 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “ota”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for ota is neighbouring look-alikes ("ou", "ovo", …), not just typos; it is aninterjection pronounced /ˈo.tɐ/. Frequency #31,082 among 385 “O” headwords. Gloss: "expressa regozijo pela dor ou sofrimento alheio".
Zero misspellings are on record for ota in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ou", "ovo", "our", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is ota, spelled O-T-A.
Definition
- 1expressa regozijo pela dor ou sofrimento alheio
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ota appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ota! Queimou o dedinho na panelinha malvada?... Sorri igual quando eu queimei o meu que passa! rsrsrs.
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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Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).