corovscotaWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#7,264
“coro” frequency rank
#8,026
“cota” frequency rank
15290
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature coro cota
Definition grupo musical formado apenas por cantores, exordialmente muito comum em igrejas parcela em um conjunto de valores determinada a um indivíduo ou grupo; quota; porção; quinhão

Letter map: coro vs cota

Shared letters muted; letters that set coro and cota apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
coro
4 ch
cota

Corpus notes: coro and cota

coro 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15290, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

coro is recorded at frequency rank #7,264, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈko.ɾu/. 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 15290, this pair ranks #56,564 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of coro vs cota

Shared letters: co. Private to "coro": r. Private to "cota": at.

"coro" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "cota" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • coroccoro · coor · corro · croo · ocro
  • cotaccota · cotta · ctoa · octa

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "coro" for "cota" ever safe?
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: "coro" vs "cota" - which ranks higher?
"coro" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,264 in our Portuguese list, against #8,026 for "cota". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "coro" and "cota".

  • Full dictionary entry for "coro" 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 #56,564 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "coro" and "cota" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ciao vs coro". 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 #56,564 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