parca
[ˈpaɾka]
The verdict
“parca” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #49,842. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,842
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cada una de las tres diosas romanas del destino, llamadas Nona, Décima y Morta. La primera hilaba el hijo de la vida humana, la segunda lo medía con una vara y la tercera lo cortaba.
Corpus desk
Index ES-parca · parca · Spanish
parca · rank #49,842 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #49,842
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH parmesano
Nearest frequency peer: parmesano (+1 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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “parca”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- pa'l
pa'l
50,163 corpus weight
- palmadas
palmadas
50,161 corpus weight
- parca
parca
50,159 corpus weight
- parmesano
parmesano
50,158 corpus weight
- parpadear
parpadear
50,157 corpus weight
- participaría
participaría
50,156 corpus weight
What this shows “parca” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | parca |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpaɾka] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #49,842 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “parca”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around parca (IPA [ˈpaɾka]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,842 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for parca, with forms such as "aprca", "pacra", and "parac". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "PRC", "pasa", "pura", 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 best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is parca, spelled P-A-R-C-A.
Definition
- 1Cada una de las tres diosas romanas del destino, llamadas Nona, Décima y Morta. La primera hilaba el hijo de la vida humana, la segunda lo medía con una vara y la tercera lo cortaba.
- 2La muerte.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how parca appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Si un día para mi mal viene a buscarme la parca Empujad al mar mi barca con un Levante otoñal Y dejad que el temporal desguace sus alas blancas Y a mí enterradme sin duelo Entre la playa y el cielo
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aprca
- pacra
- parac
- parcca
- parrca
- pparca
- praca
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of parca - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).