flaca

/[ˈflaka]/ adj

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#14,364

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

flaca is anSpanishadj. It means: Forma del femenino de flaco. Pronounced [ˈflaka]. Often confused with foca and flan.

Key facts for flaca
PropertyValue
Headwordflaca
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈflaka]
Letters5
Frequency rank#14,364
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for flaca is 5 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈflaka]. Corpus data places it at rank #14,364 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 de flaco.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for flaca, with forms such as "falca", "fflaca", and "flaac". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "foca", "flan", "flag", 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 flaca, spelled F-L-A-C-A, 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 de flaco.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: falca,fflaca,flaac,flacca,flcaa,fllaca,lfaca

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for flaca

Misspelling Variants of "flaca"

falca5fflaca6flaac5flacca6flcaa5fllaca6lfaca5
Misspelling Variants of "flaca"

Frequency rank: #14,364 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

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