# Inca

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɪŋkə/ · frequency rank #28,593

## Definitions
1. A member of the group of Quechuan peoples of highland Peru who established an empire from northern Ecuador to central Chile before the Spanish conquest.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish inca, from Classical Quechua inka (“emperor”).

## Easily confused with
- **ink** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inca-vs-ink)
- **inn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inca-vs-inn)
- **ins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inca-vs-ins)
- **IRA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inca-vs-ira)
- **int** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inca-vs-int)
- **ISA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inca-vs-isa)
- **Ind** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inca-vs-ind)
- **IPA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inca-vs-ipa)
- **IOC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inca-vs-ioc)
- **IRC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inca-vs-irc)
- **IPC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inca-vs-ipc)
- **ITC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inca-vs-itc)
- **ISC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inca-vs-isc)
- **IWC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inca-vs-iwc)
- **into** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inca-vs-into)
- **info** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inca-vs-info)
- **inch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inca-vs-inch)
- **Iowa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inca-vs-iowa)
- **Indy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inca-vs-indy)
- **Indo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inca-vs-indo)

## Common misspellings (5)
`icna`, `inac`, `incca`, `innca`, `nica`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/inca