broca
[ˈbɾoka]
The verdict
“broca” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #46,971. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #46,971
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,459
- “B” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Carrete que dentro de la lanzadera lleva el hilo para la trama de ciertos tejidos.
Corpus desk
Index ES-broca · broca · Spanish
broca · rank #46,971 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #46,971
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,459
- PHOTO-FINISH Brigitte
Nearest frequency peer: Brigitte (-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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “broca”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- Blanes
Blanes
53,036 corpus weight
- bombardeada
bombardeada
53,034 corpus weight
- Brigitte
Brigitte
53,031 corpus weight
- broca
broca
53,030 corpus weight
- burlona
burlona
53,028 corpus weight
- caballerosi…
caballerosidad
53,027 corpus weight
What this shows “broca” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | broca |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbɾoka] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #46,971 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “broca”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around broca (IPA [ˈbɾoka]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #46,971 among 2,459 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for broca, with forms such as "bbroca", "borca", and "brcoa". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "busca", "broma", "brown", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is broca, spelled B-R-O-C-A.
Definition
- 1Carrete que dentro de la lanzadera lleva el hilo para la trama de ciertos tejidos.
- 2Barrena de boca cónica que se usa con las máquinas de taladrar.
- 3Clavo redondo y de cabeza cuadrada, con que los zapateros afianzan la suela en la horma al tiempo de hacer o remendar el calzado.
- 4Botón₃.
- 5Tenedor₃.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how broca appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
«Para agujeros mayores podremos usar brocas de pala, que permiten hacer agujeros entre 12 y 24 mm. aproximadamente y, en el caso de agujeros ya mucho mayores e incluso para fabricar ruedas o poleas, se pueden usar también las sierras perforadoras o brocas de campana con una broca central para centrar el taladro».
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbroca
- borca
- brcoa
- broac
- brocca
- brroca
- rboca
- vroca
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of broca - 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.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).