cotavscutTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#8,026
“cota” frequency rank
#11,244
“cut” frequency rank
19270
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cota cut
Definition parcela em um conjunto de valores determinada a um indivíduo ou grupo; quota; porção; quinhão cortado

Letter map: cota vs cut

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

4 ch
cota
3 ch
cut

Grammar separator: cota vs cut

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cota is anoun and cutanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19270, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cota is recorded at frequency rank #8,026, classified as anoun. cut is at rank #11,244, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈkʌt/.

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 19270, this pair ranks #51,503 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of cota vs cut

Shared letters: ct. Private to "cota": ao. Private to "cut": u.

"cota" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "cut" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cotaccota · cotta · ctoa · octa

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "cota" and "cut" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "cota" is a noun and "cut" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "cota" vs "cut" - which ranks higher?
"cota" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,026 in our Portuguese list, against #11,244 for "cut". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "cota" vs "cut" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cota" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cut" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #51,503 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cota" and "cut" 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 #51,503 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