xota

noun

The verdict

“xota” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #34,976. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,976
frequency rank, Portuguese
27
“X” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - rebento,renovo, talho, gema

Corpus desk

Index PT-xota · xota · Portuguese

xota · rank #34,976 · 5 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #34,976
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 27
  • PHOTO-FINISH abajur

Nearest frequency peer: abajur (+2 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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “xota”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “xota” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

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).

xota vs xoxota
67% similar
xota vs xô
25% similar
xota vs xamã
25% similar

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

Key facts for xota
PropertyValue
Headwordxota
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters4
Frequency rank#34,976
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “xota”

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

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “abajur” (#34,978), “abanar” (#34,979), “viveiro” (#34,969). Entre 27 lemas com “X”, “xota” fica em #34,976. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around xota, anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,976 among 27 “X” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for xota, with forms such as "oxta", "xoat", and "xotta". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "xoxota", "xô", "xamã", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is xota, spelled X-O-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    rebento,renovo, talho, gema
  2. 2
    nada
  3. 3
    cabra
  4. 4
    música e dança popular

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. "Nun tien xota" (Não tem nada).

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oxta
  • xoat
  • xotta
  • xtoa
  • xxota

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

oxta2xoat2xotta1xtoa2xxota1
Edit distance from "xota"

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 "xota"?
"xota" is spelled X-O-T-A.
What does "xota" mean?
As a noun, "xota" means: rebento,renovo, talho, gema
What words are commonly confused with "xota"?
"xota" is commonly confused with "xoxota", "xô", "xamã". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "xota" come from?
"xota" 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 "xota", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list