Which to use
“coito” is an adjective and “cota” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #38,629
- “coito” frequency rank
- #8,026
- “cota” frequency rank
- 46655
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | coito | cota |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | cozido | parcela em um conjunto de valores determinada a um indivíduo ou grupo; quota; porção; quinhão |
Letter map: coito vs cota
Shared letters muted; letters that set coito and cota apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. coito runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against cota's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: coito vs cota
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: coito is anadjective and cotaanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46655, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
coito is recorded at frequency rank #38,629, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈkoj.tu/. cota is at rank #8,026, 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 46655, this pair ranks #18,656 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of coito vs cota
Shared letters: cot. Private to "coito": i. Private to "cota": a.
"coito" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "cota" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "coito" vs "cota" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've compared "coito" and "cota". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "coito" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cota" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #18,656 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "coito" and "cota" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ciao vs coito". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #18,656 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.