vaca

/[ˈbaka]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,447

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

vaca is aSpanishnoun. It means: (Bos taurus) Denominación común de la hembra de la especie bovina. Pronounced [ˈbaka]. It ranks #5,447 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with van and vas.

Key facts for vaca
PropertyValue
Headwordvaca
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbaka]
Letters4
Frequency rank#5,447
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for vaca is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbaka]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,447 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for vaca, with forms such as "avca", "vaac", and "vacca". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "van", "vas", "vía", 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 vaca, spelled V-A-C-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Bos taurus) Denominación común de la hembra de la especie bovina.
  2. 2
    Carne de este animal que se utiliza como alimento.
  3. 3
    Cuero curtido de este animal.
  4. 4
    Dinero reunido entre varias personas con algún fin en específico, sobre todo cuando es para ayudar a alguien.
  5. 5
    Depósito de agua de donde beben los marineros.
  6. 6
    Persona que actúa con desatino.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: avca,vaac,vacca,vcaa,vvaca

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for vaca

Misspelling Variants of "vaca"

avca4vaac4vacca5vcaa4vvaca5
Misspelling Variants of "vaca"

Frequency rank: #5,447 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vaca"?
"vaca" is spelled V-A-C-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbaka].
What does "vaca" mean?
As a noun, "vaca" means: (Bos taurus) Denominación común de la hembra de la especie bovina.
What words are commonly confused with "vaca"?
"vaca" is commonly confused with "van", "vas", "vía". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "vaca"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vaca" is [ˈbaka]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vaca" come from?
"vaca" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter V in our Spanish index:

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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.