peca
[ˈpeka]
The verdict
“peca” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #36,209 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #36,209
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pequeña mancha de melanina en la piel.
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 | peca |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpeka] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #36,209 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “peca” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for peca is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpeka]. Corpus data places it at rank #36,209 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pequeña mancha de melanina en la piel.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for peca, with forms such as "epca", "pcea", and "peac". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Per", "pez", "pen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented 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 peca, spelled P-E-C-A.
Definition
- 1Pequeña mancha de melanina en la piel.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: epca,pcea,peac,pecca,ppeca
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of peca - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “peca”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-E-C-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈpeka] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Per” - see the side-by-side comparison. peca vs Per
- 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.