tercera

/[t̪eɾˈseɾa]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,332

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

tercera is aSpanishnoun. It means: Nota que está ubicada a seis semitonos de la tónica (primera de cada escalea) Pronounced [t̪eɾˈseɾa]. It ranks #1,332 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with terra and Teresa.

Key facts for tercera
PropertyValue
Headwordtercera
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[t̪eɾˈseɾa]
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,332
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of tercera in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for tercera is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t̪eɾˈseɾa]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,332 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for tercera, with forms such as "etrcera", "tecrera", and "terccera". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "terra", "Teresa", "traerá", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is tercera, spelled T-E-R-C-E-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nota que está ubicada a seis semitonos de la tónica (primera de cada escalea)
  2. 2
    En algunos instrumentos musicales, la cuerda que ocupa el lugar número tres a partir de la primera.
  3. 3
    En los vehículos motorizados con palanca de cambios, marcha que es más rápida y menos potente que la primera y la segunda.
  4. 4
    En el juego de naipes llamado los cientos, reunión de tres cartas que se siguen en valor y que son del mismo palo.
  5. 5
    Persona que reúne dos personas para crear una relación amorosa.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: etrcera,tecrera,terccera,tercear,tercerra,tercrea,terecra,terrcera,tersera,trecera,ttercera

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for tercera

Misspelling Variants of "tercera"

etrcera7tecrera7terccera8tercear7tercerra8tercrea7terecra7terrcera8
Misspelling Variants of "tercera"

Frequency rank: #1,332 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tercera"?
"tercera" is spelled T-E-R-C-E-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [t̪eɾˈseɾa].
What does "tercera" mean?
As a noun, "tercera" means: Nota que está ubicada a seis semitonos de la tónica (primera de cada escalea)
What words are commonly confused with "tercera"?
"tercera" is commonly confused with "terra", "Teresa", "traerá". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tercera"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tercera" is [t̪eɾˈseɾa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tercera" come from?
"tercera" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.