inca
[ˈĩŋka]
The verdict
“inca” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #11,066 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #11,066
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 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...
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 | inca |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈĩŋka] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #11,066 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “inca” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for inca is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, 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 generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for inca, with forms such as "icna", "inac", and "incca". 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, "ira", "IVA", "isa", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is inca, spelled I-N-C-A.
Definition
- 1Monarca 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.
- 2Por extensión, cada uno de los miembros de la tribu primitiva que fundó dicho imperio (panaca o ayllu real).
- 3Moneda de la República del Perú durante la década de 1880.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: icna,inac,incca,innca
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of inca - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “inca”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is I-N-C-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈĩŋka] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “ira” - see the side-by-side comparison. inca vs ira
- 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.