perica
[peˈɾika]
The verdict
“perica” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alcaloide producido por la planta de coca.
Corpus desk
Index ES-perica · perica · Spanish
perica · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | perica |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [peˈɾika] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “perica” en español
Rare enough to double-check
perica is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [peˈɾika]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alcaloide producido por la planta de coca.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for perica in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is perica, spelled P-E-R-I-C-A.
Definition
- 1Alcaloide producido por la planta de coca.
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.