peca

/[ˈpeka]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#36,209

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

peca is aSpanishnoun. It means: Pequeña mancha de melanina en la piel. Pronounced [ˈpeka]. Often confused with Per and pez.

Key facts for peca
PropertyValue
Headwordpeca
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpeka]
Letters4
Frequency rank#36,209
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for peca is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for peca, with forms such as "epca", "pcea", and "peac". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, 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, 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 peca, spelled P-E-C-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pequeña mancha de melanina en la piel.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: epca,pcea,peac,pecca,ppeca

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for peca

Misspelling Variants of "peca"

epca4pcea4peac4pecca5ppeca5
Misspelling Variants of "peca"

Frequency rank: #36,209 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "peca"?
"peca" is spelled P-E-C-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpeka].
What does "peca" mean?
As a noun, "peca" means: Pequeña mancha de melanina en la piel.
What words are commonly confused with "peca"?
"peca" is commonly confused with "Per", "pez", "pen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "peca"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "peca" is [ˈpeka]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "peca" come from?
"peca" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter P in our Spanish index:

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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.