# cerca vs circa

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### cerca
*adverb · IPA [ˈseɾka] · frequency rank #351*
A pequeña distancia.

### circa
*preposition · IPA [ˈsiɾka] · frequency rank #43,460*
Aproximadamente, cerca de (alguna fecha).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/es/vs/cerca-vs-circa