curca
[ˈkuɾka]
The verdict
“curca” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abultamiento del pecho y el dorso producto de una malformación de las costillas o de la columna vertebral.
Corpus desk
Index ES-curca · curca · Spanish
curca · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | curca |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkuɾka] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “curca” en español
Rare enough to double-check
curca is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkuɾka]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Abultamiento del pecho y el dorso producto de una malformación de las costillas o de la columna vertebral.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for curca, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is curca, spelled C-U-R-C-A.
Definition
- 1Abultamiento del pecho y el dorso producto de una malformación de las costillas o de la columna vertebral.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.