nasca
[ˈnaska]
The verdict
“nasca” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #60,990 among 7,828 “N” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,990
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,828
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Grafía alternativa de nazca.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nasca |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈnaska] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #60,990 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nasca” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
nasca is uncommon Spanish at frequency #60,990 among 7,828 “N” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈnaska]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Grafía alternativa de nazca.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for nasca, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is nasca, spelled N-A-S-C-A.
Definition
- 1Grafía alternativa de nazca.
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 “nasca”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is N-A-S-C-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.