boca

/[ˈboka]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#817

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

boca is aSpanishnoun. It means: Abertura anterior del tubo digestivo de los animales, por el cual se ingieren los alimentos. Pronounced [ˈboka]. It ranks #817 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with boy and bot.

Key facts for boca
PropertyValue
Headwordboca
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈboka]
Letters4
Frequency rank#817
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for boca is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈboka]. Corpus data places it at rank #817 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for boca, with forms such as "bboca", "bcoa", and "boac". 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, "boy", "bot", "box", 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 boca, spelled B-O-C-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Abertura anterior del tubo digestivo de los animales, por el cual se ingieren los alimentos.
  2. 2
    Espacio limitado por la boca₁ y la faringe, donde se realiza la masticación y parte de la deglución en muchos animales. En el ser humano también interviene en el habla.
  3. 3
    Por analogía, abertura de ciertos objetos, como botellas o túneles.
  4. 4
    Extremo abierto de un objeto o accidente geográfico.
  5. 5
    Pinza de las patas delanteras de los crustáceos.
  6. 6
    Ser vivo dependiente de otro para su manutención.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bboca,bcoa,boac,bocca,obca,voca

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for boca

Misspelling Variants of "boca"

bboca5bcoa4boac4bocca5obca4voca4
Misspelling Variants of "boca"

Frequency rank: #817 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "boca"?
"boca" is spelled B-O-C-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈboka].
What does "boca" mean?
As a noun, "boca" means: Abertura anterior del tubo digestivo de los animales, por el cual se ingieren los alimentos.
What words are commonly confused with "boca"?
"boca" is commonly confused with "boy", "bot", "box". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "boca"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "boca" is [ˈboka]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "boca" come from?
"boca" 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.