Which to use
“com” is a preposition and “cota” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14
- “com” frequency rank
- #8,026
- “cota” frequency rank
- 8040
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | com | cota |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | indica várias relações: companhia, causa, instrumento, ligação, modo, oposição | parcela em um conjunto de valores determinada a um indivíduo ou grupo; quota; porção; quinhão |
Letter map: com vs cota
Shared letters muted; letters that set com and cota apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Grammar separator: com vs cota
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: com is apreposition and cotaanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8040, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
com is recorded at frequency rank #14, classified as aprep, pronounced /kõ/. 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 8040, this pair ranks #65,891 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of com vs cota
Shared letters: co. Private to "com": m. Private to "cota": at.
"com" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "cota" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- cota ← ccota · cotta · ctoa · octa
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Pair "com" vs "cota" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "com" 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 #65,891 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "com" and "cota" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conca vs cota". 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 #65,891 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.