amapola
[amaˈpola]
The verdict
“amapola” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #32,956 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #32,956
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Papaver spp) en particular (Papaver rhoeas) Planta anua de la familia de las papaveráceas, con flores roja, por lo común, y semilla negruzca. Frecuentemente nace en los sembrados y los infesta. Es...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | amapola |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [amaˈpola] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #32,956 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “amapola” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for amapola is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [amaˈpola]. Corpus data places it at rank #32,956 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for amapola, with forms such as "aampola", "amaopla", and "amaploa". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "ampolla", "amazona", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is amapola, spelled A-M-A-P-O-L-A.
Definition
- 1(Papaver spp) en particular (Papaver rhoeas) Planta anua de la familia de las papaveráceas, con flores roja, por lo común, y semilla negruzca. Frecuentemente nace en los sembrados y los infesta. Es sudorífica y algo calmante.
- 2(Erythrina poeppigiana) Árbol caducifolio de la familia Fabaceae nativo la zona intertropical de Centroamérica, Sudamérica y Antillas Mayores. Es usado por su valor ornamental debido a su amplia floración y para dar sombra a otros cultivos.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aampola,amaopla,amaploa,amapoal,amapolla,amappola,ammapola,ampaola,maapola
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of amapola - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “amapola”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-M-A-P-O-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [amaˈpola] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “ampolla” - see the side-by-side comparison. amapola vs ampolla
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.