tercia
[ˈt̪eɾsja]
The verdict
“tercia” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #63,454 among 34,400 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,454
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 34,400
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Llámase así al madero que tiene un pie de ancho, y una quarta ó doce dedos de grueso, sin largo determinado.
Corpus desk
Index ES-tercia · tercia · Spanish
tercia · rank #63,454 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,454
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 34,400
- PHOTO-FINISH tenderos
Nearest frequency peer: tenderos (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “tercia”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- superlativo
superlativo
36,555 corpus weight
- Sébastien
Sébastien
36,554 corpus weight
- taninos
taninos
36,553 corpus weight
- tenaces
tenaces
36,549 corpus weight
- tenderos
tenderos
36,548 corpus weight
- tercia
tercia
36,547 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “tercia” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tercia |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt̪eɾsja] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #63,454 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tercia” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
tercia is uncommon Spanish at frequency #63,454 among 34,400 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt̪eɾsja]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Llámase así al madero que tiene un pie de ancho, y una quarta ó doce dedos de grueso, sin largo determinado.".
Zero misspellings are on record for tercia in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is tercia, spelled T-E-R-C-I-A.
Definition
- 1Llámase así al madero que tiene un pie de ancho, y una quarta ó doce dedos de grueso, sin largo determinado.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.