oca
noun
oca is spelled O-C-A: 3 letters. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 57,423rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, oca means “Any member of the species Oxalis tuberosa (syn. Oxalis crenata), which bear edible tubers” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of oca is ocas.
How many letters and syllables are in oca?
| Letters | 3: O-C-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 57,423rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is oca?
Oca appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 57,423rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
What rhymes with oca?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as oca.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: coa.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of oca
- ocas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does oca mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any member of the species Oxalis tuberosa (syn. Oxalis crenata), which bear edible tubers.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Oca in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Oxalis tuberosa:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does oca come from?
Borrowed from Spanish oca, from Quechua uqa.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).