coroavscotaWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: coroa is a adjective, cota is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“coroa” is an adjective and “cota” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#3,000
“coroa” frequency rank
#8,026
“cota” frequency rank
11026
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature coroa cota
Definition qualidade de pessoa mais velha, que está na meia idade parcela em um conjunto de valores determinada a um indivíduo ou grupo; quota; porção; quinhão

Letter map: coroa vs cota

Shared letters muted; letters that set coroa and cota apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
coroa
4 ch
cota

Grammar separator: coroa vs cota

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: coroa is anadjective and cotaanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11026, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

coroa is recorded at frequency rank #3,000, classified as anadj, pronounced /koˈɾo.a/. 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 11026, this pair ranks #61,932 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of coroa vs cota

Shared letters: aco. Private to "coroa": r. Private to "cota": t.

"coroa" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "cota" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • coroaccoroa · coora · corao · corroa · crooa · ocroa
  • cotaccota · cotta · ctoa · octa

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "coroa" and "cota" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "coroa" is an adjective and "cota" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "coroa" vs "cota" - which ranks higher?
"coroa" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,000 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.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "coroa" 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 #61,932 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "coroa" 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 #61,932 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