horca
[ˈoɾka]
The verdict
“horca” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #23,812 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #23,812
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Vara o palo cuyo extremo se bifurca en varias puntas.
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 | horca |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈoɾka] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #23,812 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “horca” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for horca is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈoɾka]. Corpus data places it at rank #23,812 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for horca, with forms such as "hhorca", "hocra", and "horac". 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, "hoya", "horn", "Horno", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is horca, spelled H-O-R-C-A.
Definition
- 1Vara o palo cuyo extremo se bifurca en varias puntas.
- 2En particular, herramienta formada por un asta acabada en varias puntas, que se emplea para mover material suelto, como heno u hojarasca.
- 3Yugo en forma de horca₁ que se empleaba antiguamente para pasear públicamente a los vencidos en batalla o a los condenados a penas de escarnio.
- 4Dispositivo similar a una horca₃ que se coloca al cuello de los animales para impedirles pasar entre cercados.
- 5Estructura, antiguamente en forma de horca₁, que se emplea para ejecutar a los reos de pena de muerte colgándolos.
- 6Horca₁ con que se soporta un larguero horizontal o una rama de árbol.
- 7Parte saliente del hueso de la taba.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: hhorca,hocra,horac,horcca,horrca,hroca,ohrca
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of horca - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “horca”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is H-O-R-C-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈoɾka] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “hoya” - see the side-by-side comparison. horca vs hoya
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.