contavscotaWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#223
“conta” frequency rank
#8,026
“cota” frequency rank
8249
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature conta cota
Definition qualquer operação de aritmética parcela em um conjunto de valores determinada a um indivíduo ou grupo; quota; porção; quinhão

Letter map: conta vs cota

Shared letters muted; letters that set conta and cota apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

5 ch
conta
4 ch
cota

Spelling & dictionary notes on conta vs cota

conta and cota 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8249, 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/. 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 8249, this pair ranks #65,598 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of conta vs cota

Shared letters: acot. Private to "conta": n. Private to "cota": -.

"conta" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "cota" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • contacconta · cnota · conat · connta · contta · cotna · ocnta
  • cotaccota · cotta · ctoa · octa

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "conta" and "cota" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "conta" vs "cota" - which ranks higher?
"conta" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #223 in our Portuguese list, against #8,026 for "cota". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

You've compared "conta" and "cota". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "conta" 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 #65,598 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "conta" 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 #65,598 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