étnicas

/[ˈet̪nikas]/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#22,551

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

étnicas is anSpanishadj. It means: Forma del femenino plural de étnico. Pronounced [ˈet̪nikas]. Often confused with étnico and étnicos.

Key facts for étnicas
PropertyValue
Headwordétnicas
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈet̪nikas]
Letters7
Frequency rank#22,551
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for étnicas is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈet̪nikas]. Corpus data places it at rank #22,551 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del femenino plural de étnico.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for étnicas, with forms such as "ténicas", "énticas", and "étincas". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "étnico", "étnicos", "ética", 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 étnicas, spelled É-T-N-I-C-A-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del femenino plural de étnico.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ténicas,énticas,étincas,étncias,étniacs,étnicass,étniccas,étnicsa,étnnicas,éttnicas

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for étnicas

Misspelling Variants of "étnicas"

ténicas7énticas7étincas7étncias7étniacs7étnicass8étniccas8étnicsa7
Misspelling Variants of "étnicas"

Frequency rank: #22,551 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "étnicas"?
"étnicas" is spelled É-T-N-I-C-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈet̪nikas].
What does "étnicas" mean?
As an adj, "étnicas" means: Forma del femenino plural de étnico.
What words are commonly confused with "étnicas"?
"étnicas" is commonly confused with "étnico", "étnicos", "ética". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "étnicas"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "étnicas" is [ˈet̪nikas]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "étnicas" come from?
"étnicas" 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.