tinca
[ˈt̪ĩŋka]
The verdict
“tinca” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #83,460 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #83,460
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pequeña esfera de cerámica, piedra o cristal utilizada para juegos infantiles.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tinca |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt̪ĩŋka] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #83,460 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tinca” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for tinca is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt̪ĩŋka]. Corpus data places it at rank #83,460 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Zero misspellings are on record for tinca in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is tinca, spelled T-I-N-C-A.
Definition
- 1Pequeña esfera de cerámica, piedra o cristal utilizada para juegos infantiles.
- 2Creencia intuitiva de que ocurrirá algo, no fundada explícitamente en un razonamiento.
- 3Continuidad del esfuerzo hacia una meta, en especial frente a la fatiga o adversidad.
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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Using “tinca”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is T-I-N-C-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈt̪ĩŋka] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.