eficacia

/[efiˈkasja]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,610

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

eficacia is aSpanishnoun. It means: Capacidad de lograr aquello que se pretende y que tambien aprenda a enfrentarse a los problemas de la vida Pronounced [efiˈkasja]. It ranks #5,610 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with eficaces.

Key facts for eficacia
PropertyValue
Headwordeficacia
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[efiˈkasja]
Letters8
Frequency rank#5,610
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of eficacia in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for eficacia is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [efiˈkasja]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,610 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for eficacia, with forms such as "efciacia", "efficacia", and "efiaccia". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "eficaces", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is eficacia, spelled E-F-I-C-A-C-I-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Capacidad de lograr aquello que se pretende y que tambien aprenda a enfrentarse a los problemas de la vida
  2. 2
    capacidad de cumplir los objetivos marcados.
  3. 3
    Capacidad que tiene un individuo, instructor, asesor, maestro para inducir la generación de determinados procesos de forma rápida, efectiva y con alta calidad.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: efciacia,efficacia,efiaccia,eficacai,eficaccia,eficaica,eficasia,eficcacia,eficcaia,eifcacia,feicacia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for eficacia

Misspelling Variants of "eficacia"

efciacia8efficacia9efiaccia8eficacai8eficaccia9eficaica8eficasia8eficcacia9
Misspelling Variants of "eficacia"

Frequency rank: #5,610 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "eficacia"?
"eficacia" is spelled E-F-I-C-A-C-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [efiˈkasja].
What does "eficacia" mean?
As a noun, "eficacia" means: Capacidad de lograr aquello que se pretende y que tambien aprenda a enfrentarse a los problemas de la vida
What words are commonly confused with "eficacia"?
"eficacia" is commonly confused with "eficaces". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "eficacia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "eficacia" is [efiˈkasja]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "eficacia" come from?
"eficacia" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.