Ítaca
[ˈit̪aka]
The verdict
“Ítaca” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #72,426 among 90 “Í” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,426
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 90
- “Í” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Isla griega del mar Jónico, perteneciente al grupo de las islas Jónicas y que se encuentra al noreste de la isla de Cefalonia.
Corpus desk
Index ES-itaca · Ítaca · Spanish
Ítaca · rank #72,426 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,426
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 90
- PHOTO-FINISH Ática
Nearest frequency peer: Ática (-2 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Ítaca”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Zeledón
Zeledón
27,582 corpus weight
- zodiac
zodiac
27,580 corpus weight
- zoonosis
zoonosis
27,579 corpus weight
- ábrete
ábrete
27,578 corpus weight
- Ática
Ática
27,577 corpus weight
- Ítaca
Ítaca
27,575 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Ítaca” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ítaca |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈit̪aka] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #72,426 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Ítaca” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Ítaca is uncommon Spanish at frequency #72,426 among 90 “Í” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈit̪aka]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Isla griega del mar Jónico, perteneciente al grupo de las islas Jónicas y que se encuentra al noreste de la isla de Cefalonia.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Ítaca, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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. The correct Spanish form is Ítaca, spelled Í-T-A-C-A.
Definition
- 1Isla griega del mar Jónico, perteneciente al grupo de las islas Jónicas y que se encuentra al noreste de la isla de Cefalonia.
This word in other languages
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.