oca

/[ˈoka]/ noun

Letters

3 characters

Frequency Rank

#17,772

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

oca is aSpanishnoun. It means: Ánsar común domesticado. Se cría para aprovechar su carne, huevos e hígado, este último materia prima del paté o foie gras. Es un ave de tamaño mediano, con cuerpo robusto y plumaje blanco, gris o ... Pronounced [ˈoka]. Often confused with os and of.

Key facts for oca
PropertyValue
Headwordoca
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈoka]
Letters3
Frequency rank#17,772
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for oca is 3 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈoka]. Corpus data places it at rank #17,772 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for oca in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "os", "of", "ok", 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 oca, spelled O-C-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ánsar común domesticado. Se cría para aprovechar su carne, huevos e hígado, este último materia prima del paté o foie gras. Es un ave de tamaño mediano, con cuerpo robusto y plumaje blanco, gris o pardo. Tiene cuello arqueado y pico grueso, con color encendido, lo mismo que sus patas que están adaptadas para la natación.
  2. 2
    Juego de mesa tradicional en que se deben recorrer casillas según lo indiquen las tiradas de un dado y hay una oca₁ dibujada cada nueve espacios.

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This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #17,772 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "oca"?
"oca" is spelled O-C-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈoka].
What does "oca" mean?
As a noun, "oca" means: Ánsar común domesticado. Se cría para aprovechar su carne, huevos e hígado, este último materia prima del paté o foie gras. Es un ave de tamaño mediano, con cuerpo robusto y plumaje blanco, gris o ...
What words are commonly confused with "oca"?
"oca" is commonly confused with "os", "of", "ok". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "oca"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "oca" is [ˈoka]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "oca" come from?
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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.