blanca

/[ˈblãŋka]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,400

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

blanca is aSpanishnoun. It means: Nota que dura el doble de tiempo que una negra y la mitad que una redonda. Pronounced [ˈblãŋka]. It ranks #1,400 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with blank and blanco.

Key facts for blanca
PropertyValue
Headwordblanca
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈblãŋka]
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,400
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of blanca in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for blanca is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈblãŋka]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,400 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for blanca, with forms such as "balnca", "bblanca", and "blacna". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "blank", "blanco", "bronca", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is blanca, spelled B-L-A-N-C-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nota que dura el doble de tiempo que una negra y la mitad que una redonda.
  2. 2
    Principio activo de la coca extraído en forma de clorhidrato, usado como medicamento y en especial como droga recreativa.
  3. 3
    Moneda antigua de vellón que, según la época, tenía diferentes valores, y últimamente el de medio maravedí de cobre.
  4. 4
    Moneda de plata.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: balnca,bblanca,blacna,blanac,blancca,blannca,bllanca,blnaca,lbanca,vlanca

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for blanca

Misspelling Variants of "blanca"

balnca6bblanca7blacna6blanac6blancca7blannca7bllanca7blnaca6
Misspelling Variants of "blanca"

Frequency rank: #1,400 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "blanca"?
"blanca" is spelled B-L-A-N-C-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈblãŋka].
What does "blanca" mean?
As a noun, "blanca" means: Nota que dura el doble de tiempo que una negra y la mitad que una redonda.
What words are commonly confused with "blanca"?
"blanca" is commonly confused with "blank", "blanco", "bronca". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "blanca"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "blanca" is [ˈblãŋka]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "blanca" come from?
"blanca" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.