Which to use
“conta” and “cópia” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #223
- “conta” frequency rank
- #3,320
- “cópia” frequency rank
- 3543
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | conta | cópia |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | qualquer operação de aritmética | ato ou efeito de copiar |
Where the eye mixes conta and cópia
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: conta vs cópia
A purely visual mix-up. conta (/ˈkõ.tɐ/) and cópia (/ˈkɔ.pjɐ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3543, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
conta is recorded at frequency rank #223, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈkõ.tɐ/. cópia is at rank #3,320, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈkɔ.pjɐ/.
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 3543, this pair ranks #71,584 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of conta vs cópia
Shared letters: ac. Private to "conta": not. Private to "cópia": ipó.
"conta" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "cópia" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- conta ← cconta · cnota · conat · connta · contta · cotna · ocnta
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "conta" and "cópia" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "conta" vs "cópia" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "conta" and "cópia" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "conta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cópia" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #71,584 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "conta" and "cópia" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conca vs cópia". 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 #71,584 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.