inca

/[ˈĩŋka]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#11,066

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

4

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

inca is aSpanishnoun. It means: Monarca o jefe supremo, considerado hijo del Sol, que gobernaba un vasto imperio precolombino en América del Sur, con capital en el Cuzco. El lenguaje simbólico con que el Inca se dirigía a las mas... Pronounced [ˈĩŋka]. Often confused with ira and IVA.

Key facts for inca
PropertyValue
Headwordinca
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈĩŋka]
Letters4
Frequency rank#11,066
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for inca is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈĩŋka]. Corpus data places it at rank #11,066 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 4 documented wrong-spelling variants for inca, with forms such as "icna", "inac", and "incca". 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, "ira", "IVA", "isa", 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 inca, spelled I-N-C-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Monarca o jefe supremo, considerado hijo del Sol, que gobernaba un vasto imperio precolombino en América del Sur, con capital en el Cuzco. El lenguaje simbólico con que el Inca se dirigía a las masas poseía implicancias mesiánicas vinculadas al mito de Inkarrí, gracias al cual no se mostraba solamente como rey y soberano legítimo, sino también como redentor, restaurador del mundo y salvador de los indígenas.
  2. 2
    Por extensión, cada uno de los miembros de la tribu primitiva que fundó dicho imperio (panaca o ayllu real).
  3. 3
    Moneda de la República del Perú durante la década de 1880.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: icna,inac,incca,innca

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for inca

Misspelling Variants of "inca"

icna4inac4incca5innca5
Misspelling Variants of "inca"

Frequency rank: #11,066 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "inca"?
"inca" is spelled I-N-C-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈĩŋka].
What does "inca" mean?
As a noun, "inca" means: Monarca o jefe supremo, considerado hijo del Sol, que gobernaba un vasto imperio precolombino en América del Sur, con capital en el Cuzco. El lenguaje simbólico con que el Inca se dirigía a las mas...
What words are commonly confused with "inca"?
"inca" is commonly confused with "ira", "IVA", "isa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "inca"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "inca" is [ˈĩŋka]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "inca" come from?
"inca" 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.