carca
[ˈkaɾka]
The verdict
“carca” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #94,977 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,977
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Carcunda, carlista.
Corpus desk
Index ES-carca · carca · Spanish
carca · rank #94,977 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,977
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH Carcasona
Nearest frequency peer: Carcasona (+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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “carca”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- cancelarán
cancelarán
5,030 corpus weight
- cancillerías
cancillerías
5,029 corpus weight
- capilaridad
capilaridad
5,026 corpus weight
- carca
carca
5,024 corpus weight
- Carcasona
Carcasona
5,023 corpus weight
- Casiopea
Casiopea
5,019 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “carca” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | carca |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈkaɾka] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #94,977 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “carca” en español
Rare enough to double-check
carca is uncommon Spanish at frequency #94,977 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈkaɾka]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
carca has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is carca, spelled C-A-R-C-A.
Definition
- 1Carcunda, carlista.
- 2Carcunda, retrógrado, tradicionalista, autoritarista o excesivamente conservador.
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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