ca
[ˈka]
The verdict
“ca” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #4,399) as an interjection. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #4,399
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Denota incredulidad o negación.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ca · ca · Spanish
ca · rank #4,399 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,399
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH big
Nearest frequency peer: big (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “ca”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- añade
añade
95,605 corpus weight
- barcos
barcos
95,604 corpus weight
- big
big
95,603 corpus weight
- ca
ca
95,602 corpus weight
- captura
captura
95,601 corpus weight
- carnaval
carnaval
95,600 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “ca” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | ca |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | [ˈka] |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #4,399 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ca” sits in Spanish frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for ca is neighbouring look-alikes ("co", "CC", …), not just typos; it is aninterjection pronounced [ˈka]. Frequency #4,399 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Gloss: "Denota incredulidad o negación.".
No misspelling variants are generated for ca in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "co", "CC", "CD", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is ca, spelled C-A.
Definition
- 1Denota incredulidad o negación.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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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.