Which to use
“contacto” and “cotação” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,803
- “contacto” frequency rank
- #24,924
- “cotação” frequency rank
- 29727
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | contacto | cotação |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | o fato de contactar | ato de cotar |
Letter map: contacto vs cotação
Shared letters muted; letters that set contacto and cotação apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. contacto runs 8 letters (CVCCVCCV) against cotação's 7 (CVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Pair insight - contacto / cotação
contacto 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29727, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
contacto is recorded at frequency rank #4,803, classified as anoun, pronounced /kõ.ˈtak.tu/. 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 29727, this pair ranks #38,844 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of contacto vs cotação
Shared letters: acot. Private to "contacto": n. Private to "cotação": ãç.
"contacto" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "cotação" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- contacto ← ccontacto · cnotacto · conatcto · conntacto · contaccto · contacot · contactto · contatco
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "contacto" and "cotação" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "contacto" or "cotação" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "contacto" and "cotação".
- Full dictionary entry for "contacto" 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 #38,844 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "contacto" and "cotação" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cogitação vs cotação". 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 #38,844 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.