perca
[ˈpeɾka]
The verdict
“perca” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Percidae) Cualquiera de los peces teleósteos de agua dulce de la familia Percidae.
Corpus desk
Index ES-perca · perca · Spanish
perca · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | perca |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpeɾka] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “perca” en español
Rare enough to double-check
perca is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpeɾka]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for perca in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is perca, spelled P-E-R-C-A.
Definition
- 1(Percidae) Cualquiera de los peces teleósteos de agua dulce de la familia Percidae.
- 2(Perca fluviatilis) Pez teleósteo de río, del suborden de los acantopterigios, que llega a tener sesenta centímetros de largo, de cuerpo oblongo, cubierto de escamas duras y ásperas, verdoso en el lomo, plateado en el vientre y dorado con seis o siete fajas negruzcas en los costados. Es comestible, aunque generalmente es menos apreciado que el salmón al ser un pez rastrero.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.