barcaza
[baɾˈkasa]
The verdict
“barcaza” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #50,730 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #50,730
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Barca grande y descubierta, sin propulsión propia, para llevar cargas entre barcos, o entre los barcos y tierra.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | barcaza |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [baɾˈkasa] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #50,730 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “barcaza” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for barcaza is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [baɾˈkasa]. Corpus data places it at rank #50,730 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for barcaza in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is barcaza, spelled B-A-R-C-A-Z-A.
Definition
- 1Barca grande y descubierta, sin propulsión propia, para llevar cargas entre barcos, o entre los barcos y tierra.
- 2Embarcación que es remolcada acoplada a otra en los ríos.
- 3Embarcación que transporta vehículos, personas o carga entre dos puntos fijos y posee compuertas que sirven como rampas al atracar.
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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.
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Using “barcaza”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is B-A-R-C-A-Z-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [baɾˈkasa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.