cotavscuteWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#8,026
“cota” frequency rank
#34,217
“cute” frequency rank
42243
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cota cute
Definition parcela em um conjunto de valores determinada a um indivíduo ou grupo; quota; porção; quinhão que tem característica bonita, que agrada, que causa de encantamento

Letter map: cota vs cute

Shared letters muted; letters that set cota and cute apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. cota and cute follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

4 ch
cota
4 ch
cute

Part-of-speech tell for cota / cute

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cota is anoun and cuteanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42243, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cota is recorded at frequency rank #8,026, classified as anoun. cute is at rank #34,217, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈku.ʧi/.

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 42243, this pair ranks #23,572 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of cota vs cute

Shared letters: ct. Private to "cota": ao. Private to "cute": eu.

"cota" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "cute" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cota ← ccota · cotta · ctoa · octa
  • cute ← ccute · ctue · cuet · cutte · ucte

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "cota" for "cute" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "cota" is a noun and "cute" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "cota" or "cute"?
"cota" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,026 in our Portuguese list, against #34,217 for "cute". 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 "cute" 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 "cute" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #23,572 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cota" and "cute" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chuto vs cute". 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 #23,572 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