terca
[ˈt̪eɾka]
The verdict
“terca” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #42,175. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,175
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forma del femenino singular de terco.
Corpus desk
Index ES-terca · terca · Spanish
terca · rank #42,175 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #42,175
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH templanza
Nearest frequency peer: templanza (-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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “terca”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- tardamos
tardamos
57,830 corpus weight
- tembló
tembló
57,828 corpus weight
- templanza
templanza
57,827 corpus weight
- terca
terca
57,826 corpus weight
- tiny
tiny
57,825 corpus weight
- tomad
tomad
57,823 corpus weight
What this shows “terca” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | terca |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈt̪eɾka] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #42,175 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “terca”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around terca (IPA [ˈt̪eɾka]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #42,175 among 3,005 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Forma del femenino singular de terco.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for terca, with forms such as "etrca", "tecra", and "terac". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tra", "Toca", "tira", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is terca, spelled T-E-R-C-A.
Definition
- 1Forma del femenino singular de terco.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- etrca
- tecra
- terac
- tercca
- terrca
- treca
- tterca
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of terca - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "terca"?
What does "terca" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "terca"?
How do you pronounce "terca"?
What language does "terca" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "terca", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).