oca
[ˈoka]
The verdict
“oca” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #17,772 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #17,772
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 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 ...
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 | oca |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈoka] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #17,772 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “oca” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for oca is 3 letters long, classified as a noun, 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 generated misspelling entries exist for oca in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. 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.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is oca, spelled O-C-A.
Definition
- 1Ánsar 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.
- 2Juego 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.
Synonyms
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.
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Using “oca”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is O-C-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈoka] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “os” - see the side-by-side comparison. oca vs os
- 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.