épica
[ˈepika]
The verdict
“épica” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #13,825. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,825
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 31
- “É” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Género literario dentro del cual se clasifican las obras, especialmente de poesía, que celebran con lenguaje elevado y laudatorio los sucesos de héroes históricos o míticos. Tradicionalmente se opo...
Corpus desk
Index ES-epica · épica · Spanish
épica · rank #13,825 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,825
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 31
- PHOTO-FINISH abrirá
Nearest frequency peer: abrirá (+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 “épica”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- vomitar
vomitar
86,179 corpus weight
- yeso
yeso
86,178 corpus weight
- épica
épica
86,176 corpus weight
- abrirá
abrirá
86,175 corpus weight
- accionar
accionar
86,174 corpus weight
- aceptas
aceptas
86,172 corpus weight
What this shows “épica” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | épica |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈepika] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #13,825 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “épica”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around épica (IPA [ˈepika]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,825 among 31 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for épica, with forms such as "péica", "éipca", and "épcia". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Eric", "época", "ética", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is épica, spelled É-P-I-C-A.
Definition
- 1Género literario dentro del cual se clasifican las obras, especialmente de poesía, que celebran con lenguaje elevado y laudatorio los sucesos de héroes históricos o míticos. Tradicionalmente se opone a la lírica y a la dramática.
- 2Grupo de obras que pertenecen al género épico₁.
- 3Por extensión, iniciativa de grandes proporciones: "La épica de la exploración espacial".
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how épica appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La épica castellana del siglo XVI.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- péica
- éipca
- épcia
- épiac
- épicca
- éppica
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of épica - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "épica", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).