concavscortaConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#45,765
“conca” frequency rank
#4,545
“corta” frequency rank
50310
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature conca corta
Definition recipiente grande de barro ato de cortar

Letter map: conca vs corta

Shared letters muted; letters that set conca and corta apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
conca
5 ch
corta

Spelling & dictionary notes on conca vs corta

conca and corta 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 50310, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

conca is recorded at frequency rank #45,765, classified as anoun. corta is at rank #4,545, 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 50310, this pair ranks #14,661 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of conca vs corta

Shared letters: aco. Private to "conca": n. Private to "corta": rt.

"conca" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "corta" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • concacconca · cnoca · cocna · conac · concca · connca · ocnca
  • cortaccorta · corat · corrta · cortta · cotra · crota · ocrta

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "conca" and "corta" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "conca" or "corta" show up more?
"corta" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,545 in our Portuguese list, against #45,765 for "conca". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "conca" and "corta".

  • Full dictionary entry for "conca" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "corta" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #14,661 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "conca" and "corta" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conca vs copta". 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 #14,661 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