arca

[ˈaɾka]

/[ˈaɾka]/ noun

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The verdict

“arca” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #12,304) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#12,304
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Caja que puede tener distintos tamaños, generalmente de madera, cuya tapa se asegura con bisagras por uno de sus lados y que suele cerrarse con cerradura y candado. Suele estar muy ornamentada y a ...

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Index ES-arca · arca · Spanish

arca · rank #12,304 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,304
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH apóstol

Nearest frequency peer: apóstol (-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.

Vecinos de frecuencia del confusable “arca”

Pares de peso similar en el corpus, aparte de los confusables abajo

corpus weight

What this shows Las barras sitúan “arca” frente a los lemas españoles más cercanos por rango, no un reprint del escritorio de confusables.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

arca vs art
50% similar
arca vs are
50% similar
arca vs aro
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for arca
PropertyValue
Headwordarca
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈaɾka]
Letters4
Frequency rank#12,304
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “arca”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).arcacae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “apóstol” (#12,303), “arqueología” (#12,305), “apuntando” (#12,302). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “arca” va en #12,304. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for arca is neighbouring look-alikes ("art", "are", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ˈaɾka]. Frequency #12,304 among 7,704 “A” headwords. 11 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for arca, with forms such as "arac", "arcca", and "arrca". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "art", "are", "aro", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is arca, spelled A-R-C-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Caja que puede tener distintos tamaños, generalmente de madera, cuya tapa se asegura con bisagras por uno de sus lados y que suele cerrarse con cerradura y candado. Suele estar muy ornamentada y a veces reposa sobre un pequeño podium.
  2. 2
    Caja pequeña destinada a proteger de un robo el dinero y los objetos de valor.
  3. 3
    Un tipo de embarcación.
  4. 4
    Depósito generalmente construido en piedra, donde se reciben las aguas que desde allí se distribuyen por una localidad.
  5. 5
    Hueco debajo del brazo y junto al tórax.
  6. 6
    Caja de madera para enterrar a un muerto.
  7. 7
    Horno de las fábricas de vidrio.
  8. 8
    Pieza destinada a contener reliquias, ricamente ornada y construida con forma de casa o templo.
  9. 9
    Cualquier caja o cofre donde se guardaba ropa, dinero u otros objetos. A veces hacía de caja fuerte.
  10. 10
    Caja simple donde se depositaban los restos de las personas pobres que no podían comprar un ataúd.
  11. 11
    Caja de madera cuadrada sin tapa ni fondo que se usaba para echar los cimientos bajo el agua.

Synonyms

cofrebaúlarmariocaja de caudalescaja fuertecisternaarca de aguasobacoaxilaféretroataúdsepulcro

This word in other languages

ark(English)arche(Français)Arche(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • arac
  • arcca
  • arrca
  • raca

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of arca - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

arac2arcca1arrca1raca2
Edit distance from "arca"

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "arca"?
"arca" is spelled A-R-C-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaɾka].
What does "arca" mean?
As a noun, "arca" means: Caja que puede tener distintos tamaños, generalmente de madera, cuya tapa se asegura con bisagras por uno de sus lados y que suele cerrarse con cerradura y candado. Suele estar muy ornamentada y a ...
What words are commonly confused with "arca"?
"arca" is commonly confused with "art", "are", "aro". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "arca"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "arca" is [ˈaɾka]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "arca" come from?
"arca" is a Spanish 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 Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Adán#12,292clip#12,333Seúl#12,252dick#12,364

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list