boca

Name: boca, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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[ˈbokə]

/[ˈbokə]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“boca” is uncommon German (frequency #63,172 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,172
frequency rank, German: 5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der Mund

Corpus desk

Index DE-boca · boca · German

boca · rank #63,172 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-RARE #63,172
LEN-MID 4 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-0 0 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,818
PHOTO-FINISH bod

Nearest frequency peer: bod (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Bhutan

36,835
binär

36,833
Biomüll

36,832
Bischofsheim

36,831
boca

36,829
bod

36,828

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „boca“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Key facts for boca
Property	Value
Headword	boca
Language	German
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[ˈbokə]
Letters	4
Frequency rank	#63,172
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „boca“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).bocafällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#63,172

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „bod“ (#63,173), „Bischofsheim“ (#63,170), „Biomüll“ (#63,169). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „boca“ bei #63,172. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

boca is uncommon German at frequency #63,172 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbokə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "der Mund".

boca doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is boca, spelled B-O-C-A.

Definition

1
der Mund

This word in other languages

mouth(English)boca(Español)bouche(Français)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "boca"?

"boca" is spelled B-O-C-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbokə].

What does "boca" mean?

As a noun, "boca" means: der Mund

How do you pronounce "boca"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "boca" is [ˈbokə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "boca" come from?

"boca" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "boca", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Ceos#63,205 cour#63,215 dier#63,229 abou#63,081