comoçãovscotaçãoTell them apart

Which to use

“comoção” and “cotação” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#20,535
“comoção” frequency rank
#24,924
“cotação” frequency rank
45459
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature comoção cotação
Definition agitação violenta; abalo ato de cotar

Letter map: comoção vs cotação

Shared letters muted; letters that set comoção and cotação apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. comoção and cotação follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
comoção
7 ch
cotação

Spelling & dictionary notes on comoção vs cotação

comoção 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45459, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

comoção is recorded at frequency rank #20,535, classified as anoun, pronounced /ku.mu.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. 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 45459, this pair ranks #19,941 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of comoção vs cotação

Shared letters: coãç. Private to "comoção": m. Private to "cotação": at.

"comoção" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV  ·  "cotação" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "comoção" and "cotação" be used interchangeably?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "comoção" vs "cotação" - which ranks higher?
"comoção" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,535 in our Portuguese list, against #24,924 for "cotação". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "comoção" vs "cotação" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "comoção" 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 #19,941 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "comoção" and "cotação" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "comichão vs comoção". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #19,941 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list