estaca

[esˈt̪aka]

/[esˈt̪aka]/ noun

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The verdict

“estaca” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #30,898. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,898
frequency rank, Spanish
5,243
“E” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Palo fuerte afilado por un extremo, para facilitar su clavado.

Corpus desk

Index ES-estaca · estaca · Spanish

estaca · rank #30,898 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,898
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,243
  • PHOTO-FINISH estampado

Nearest frequency peer: estampado (+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 “estaca”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “estaca” 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).

estaca vs están
50% similar
estaca vs estar
67% similar
estaca vs estás
50% similar

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

Key facts for estaca
PropertyValue
Headwordestaca
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[esˈt̪aka]
Letters6
Frequency rank#30,898
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “estaca”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.estacacae 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 “estampado” (#30,899), “esperanto” (#30,896), “estructurar” (#30,900). Entre 5,243 lemas con “E”, “estaca” va en #30,898. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around estaca (IPA [esˈt̪aka]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,898 among 5,243 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for estaca, with forms such as "esatca", "esstaca", and "estaac". 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, "están", "estar", "estás", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is estaca, spelled E-S-T-A-C-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Palo fuerte afilado por un extremo, para facilitar su clavado.
  2. 2
    Clavo de hierro, de largo inferior al medio metro y no menor que el tercio, usado para la sujeción de maderos y vigas.
  3. 3
    Varilla metálica con forma de ele que se clava en el suelo y se engancha a la carpa para asegurarla.
  4. 4
    Rama verde de árbol o arbusto que se planta sin raíces para que a partir de ella se forme una planta nueva.
  5. 5
    División administrativa de jerarquía intermedia en la iglesia mormona.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. De este modo, Eratóstenes midió la sombra que producía una estaca vertical en Alejandría ese día y hora determinada y obtuvo un ángulo de 7°. Ya sabía el ángulo del arco de meridiano entre Alejandría y Siena.
  2. Auxinas. Sus principales efectos son: activan el crecimiento en longitud de las células y el crecimiento en grosor de los tallos, estimulan la emisión de la raíz en esquejes y estacas, inhiben la caída de hojas y frutos y provocan la formación de frutos partenocárpicos, es decir formados sin fecundación previa (del griego "partenos": virgen, y "carpos": f…

Synonyms

clavo estacaestaquilla

This word in other languages

stake(English)pieu(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esatca
  • esstaca
  • estaac
  • estacca
  • estcaa
  • esttaca
  • etsaca
  • setaca

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of estaca - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

esatca2esstaca1estaac2estacca1estcaa2esttaca1etsaca2setaca2
Edit distance from "estaca"

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 "estaca"?
"estaca" is spelled E-S-T-A-C-A. The IPA pronunciation is [esˈt̪aka].
What does "estaca" mean?
As a noun, "estaca" means: Palo fuerte afilado por un extremo, para facilitar su clavado.
What words are commonly confused with "estaca"?
"estaca" is commonly confused with "están", "estar", "estás". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "estaca"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "estaca" is [esˈt̪aka]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "estaca" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

etíope#30,901espasa#30,893efigie#30,882filete#30,914

Similar misspelling depth

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

divas8 variantshayáis8 variantshilera8 variantsdelata8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list