petanca
[peˈt̪ãŋka]
The verdict
“petanca” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #84,225 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,225
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Juego de habilidad en que gana quien aproxima más su bocha a otra fijada como meta.
Corpus desk
Index ES-petanca · petanca · Spanish
petanca · rank #84,225 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,225
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH pestañeo
Nearest frequency peer: pestañeo (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “petanca”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- Persian
Persian
15,780 corpus weight
- personificar
personificar
15,779 corpus weight
- persuadidos
persuadidos
15,778 corpus weight
- pestañeo
pestañeo
15,777 corpus weight
- petanca
petanca
15,776 corpus weight
- picks
picks
15,773 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “petanca” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | petanca |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [peˈt̪ãŋka] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #84,225 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “petanca” en español
Rare enough to double-check
petanca is uncommon Spanish at frequency #84,225 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [peˈt̪ãŋka]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Juego de habilidad en que gana quien aproxima más su bocha a otra fijada como meta.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for petanca in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 petanca, spelled P-E-T-A-N-C-A.
Definition
- 1Juego de habilidad en que gana quien aproxima más su bocha a otra fijada como meta.
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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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