cerca

[ˈseɾka]

/[ˈseɾka]/ adv

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The verdict

“cerca” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #351. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#351
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A pequeña distancia.

Corpus desk

Index ES-cerca · cerca · Spanish

cerca · rank #351 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #351
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH artículo

Nearest frequency peer: artículo (-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 “cerca”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “cerca” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

cerca vs CRA
0% similar
cerca vs CREA
0% similar
cerca vs cero
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for cerca
PropertyValue
Headwordcerca
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdverb
IPA[ˈseɾka]
Letters5
Frequency rank#351
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “cerca”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).cercacae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “artículo” (#350), “cierto” (#352), “uso” (#349). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “cerca” va en #351. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around cerca (IPA [ˈseɾka]), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #351 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A pequeña distancia.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for cerca, with forms such as "ccerca", "cecra", and "cerac". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "CRA", "CREA", "cero", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is cerca, spelled C-E-R-C-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    A pequeña distancia.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how cerca appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Perdone, ¿hay una gasolinera por aquí cerca?

Antonyms

lejos

This word in other languages

close(English)proche(Français)nahe(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccerca
  • cecra
  • cerac
  • cercca
  • cerrca
  • creca
  • ecrca
  • serca

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cerca - 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.

ccerca1cecra2cerac2cercca1cerrca1creca2ecrca2serca1
Edit distance from "cerca"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cerca"?
"cerca" is spelled C-E-R-C-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈseɾka].
What does "cerca" mean?
As an adverb, "cerca" means: A pequeña distancia.
What words are commonly confused with "cerca"?
"cerca" is commonly confused with "CRA", "CREA", "cero". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cerca"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cerca" is [ˈseɾka]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cerca" come from?
"cerca" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cerca", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

quién#355somos#347razón#356sigue#346

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

hacen8 variantsvisto8 variantscuerpo8 variantsnivel8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list