ota
/ˈo.tɐ/
The verdict
“ota” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #31,082 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an interjection.
- #31,082
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - expressa regozijo pela dor ou sofrimento alheio
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) |
Where “ota” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for ota is 3 letters long, classified as an interjection, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈo.tɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #31,082 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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
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 “ota”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is O-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈo.tɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “ou” - see the side-by-side comparison. ota vs ou
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.