Which to use
“citação” and “cotação” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,882
- “citação” frequency rank
- #24,924
- “cotação” frequency rank
- 32806
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | citação | cotação |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | referência de palavras de outra pessoa | ato de cotar |
Letter map: citação vs cotação
Shared letters muted; letters that set citação and cotação apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. citação and cotação follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Spelling & dictionary notes on citação vs cotação
citação and cotação are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by a single letter - i in “citação” becomes o in “cotação”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32806, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
citação is recorded at frequency rank #7,882, classified as anoun. cotação is at rank #24,924, tagged as anoun.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 32806, this pair ranks #34,885 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of citação vs cotação
Shared letters: acotãç. Private to "citação": i. Private to "cotação": -.
"citação" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "cotação" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "citação" and "cotação" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "citação" or "cotação"?
What to do next
Pair "citação" vs "cotação" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "citação" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cotação" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #34,885 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "citação" and "cotação" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cogitação vs cotação". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #34,885 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.