época

/[ˈepoka]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#796

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

14

similar word pairs

época is aSpanishnoun. It means: Fecha especial de algún suceso en el cual se comienzan a contar los años. Pronounced [ˈepoka]. It ranks #796 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with ética and evoca.

Key facts for época
PropertyValue
Headwordépoca
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈepoka]
Letters5
Frequency rank#796
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for época is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈepoka]. Corpus data places it at rank #796 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for época, with forms such as "péoca", "éopca", and "épcoa". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "ética", "evoca", "esposa", and more, 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 época, spelled É-P-O-C-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fecha especial de algún suceso en el cual se comienzan a contar los años.
  2. 2
    Período de tiempo determinado marcado por algún hecho.
  3. 3
    Temporada o etapa.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: péoca,éopca,épcoa,époac,épocca,éppoca

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for época

Misspelling Variants of "época"

péoca5éopca5épcoa5époac5épocca6éppoca6
Misspelling Variants of "época"

Frequency rank: #796 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "época"?
"época" is spelled É-P-O-C-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈepoka].
What does "época" mean?
As a noun, "época" means: Fecha especial de algún suceso en el cual se comienzan a contar los años.
What words are commonly confused with "época"?
"época" is commonly confused with "ética", "evoca", "esposa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "época"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "época" is [ˈepoka]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "época" come from?
"época" 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.