botica
[boˈt̪ika]
The verdict
“botica” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #51,414 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #51,414
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Casa dotada de todo el ajuar necesario para habitarla
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | botica |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [boˈt̪ika] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #51,414 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “botica” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for botica is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [boˈt̪ika]. Corpus data places it at rank #51,414 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for botica, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is botica, spelled B-O-T-I-C-A.
Definition
- 1Casa dotada de todo el ajuar necesario para habitarla
- 2Establecimiento comercial en el que se elaboran y venden medicinas
- 3Suministro de medicamentos necesario durante un cierto período
- 4Establecimiento comercial al por menor
- 5En particular, botica₄ de mercería
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 “botica”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is B-O-T-I-C-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [boˈt̪ika] (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.