tinca
[ˈt̪ĩŋka]
The verdict
“tinca” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #83,460 among 3,005 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,460
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pequeña esfera de cerámica, piedra o cristal utilizada para juegos infantiles.
Corpus desk
Index ES-tinca · tinca · Spanish
tinca · rank #83,460 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,460
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH timbal
Nearest frequency peer: timbal (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “tinca”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- thunderbolt
thunderbolt
16,545 corpus weight
- tibial
tibial
16,544 corpus weight
- tildaron
tildaron
16,543 corpus weight
- timbal
timbal
16,542 corpus weight
- tinca
tinca
16,541 corpus weight
- tlaxcalteca
tlaxcalteca
16,537 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “tinca” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cola larga: rango de “tinca” en español
Rare enough to double-check
tinca is uncommon Spanish at frequency #83,460 among 3,005 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt̪ĩŋka]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tinca appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Hay términos especiales en el éxito infantil, como ‘sacando’, que quiere decir que cuando la tinca entrara a cualquie sitio del que no se pudiera disparar, se saque a un sitio especial para poner en juego.
Me dio la tinca de apostarle cuando vi al coltro éste pegado como tábano al lomo del pingo. Yo les gané diez yuntas de bueyes a los cuyanos y veinte vacas paridas.
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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