urupa

noun

"urupa" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“urupa” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
5
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In Māori culture, a burial ground.

Corpus desk

Index EN-urupa · urupa · English

urupa · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "U" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for urupa
PropertyValue
Headwordurupa
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “urupa” in English

urupasits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

urupa is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In Māori culture, a burial ground.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for urupa, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Māori urupā. The correct English form is urupa, spelled U-R-U-P-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    In Māori culture, a burial ground.

Etymology

Borrowed from Māori urupā.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "urupa"?
"urupa" is spelled U-R-U-P-A.
What does "urupa" mean?
As a noun, "urupa" means: In Māori culture, a burial ground.
What is the origin of the word "urupa"?
Borrowed from Māori urupā. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list