pirca
[ˈpiɾka]
The verdict
“pirca” 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) - Tapia de piedras calzadas (unidas sin argamasa), de poca altura, usada en el imperio incaico y aún hoy para muros rurales.
Corpus desk
Index ES-pirca · pirca · Spanish
pirca · 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 | pirca |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpiɾka] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “pirca” en español
Rare enough to double-check
pirca is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpiɾka]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for pirca, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is pirca, spelled P-I-R-C-A.
Definition
- 1Tapia de piedras calzadas (unidas sin argamasa), de poca altura, usada en el imperio incaico y aún hoy para muros rurales.
- 2Tapia de poca altura, hecha de piedra y barro, construida para separar los lotes de terrenos de diferentes propietarios o impedir el paso del ganado al lote vecino.
- 3Señal de piedra para indicar distancias, linderos, etc.
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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.