alpargata

/[alpaɾˈɣ̞at̪a]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#89,524

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

alpargata is aSpanishnoun. It means: Tipo de calzado ligero con capellada de tela o soga y suela de esparto, cáñamo, pabilo, alguna otra fibra natural, cuero o caucho, asegurado al pie por simple ajuste o con cintas (filadiz), sin ama... Pronounced [alpaɾˈɣ̞at̪a].

Key facts for alpargata
PropertyValue
Headwordalpargata
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[alpaɾˈɣ̞at̪a]
Letters9
Frequency rank#89,524
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for alpargata is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [alpaɾˈɣ̞at̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #89,524 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for alpargata in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 alpargata, spelled A-L-P-A-R-G-A-T-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tipo de calzado ligero con capellada de tela o soga y suela de esparto, cáñamo, pabilo, alguna otra fibra natural, cuero o caucho, asegurado al pie por simple ajuste o con cintas (filadiz), sin amarrar a la pierna.
  2. 2
    Tipo de sandalia de cuña con tiras.
  3. 3
    Cosa, persona o animal de poca importancia o valor.
  4. 4
    (Doydixodon laevifrons) Pez marino con dientes acucharados y color grisáceo.

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #89,524 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "alpargata"?
"alpargata" is spelled A-L-P-A-R-G-A-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [alpaɾˈɣ̞at̪a].
What does "alpargata" mean?
As a noun, "alpargata" means: Tipo de calzado ligero con capellada de tela o soga y suela de esparto, cáñamo, pabilo, alguna otra fibra natural, cuero o caucho, asegurado al pie por simple ajuste o con cintas (filadiz), sin ama...
How do you pronounce "alpargata"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "alpargata" is [alpaɾˈɣ̞at̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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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.