Apia
[ˈapja]
The verdict
“Apia” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #90,592 in Spanish word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #90,592
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - es la capital de Samoa.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Apia |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈapja] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #90,592 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Apia” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for Apia is 4 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈapja]. Corpus data places it at rank #90,592 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "es la capital de Samoa.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Apia in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 Apia, spelled A-P-I-A.
Definition
- 1es la capital de Samoa.
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 “Apia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-P-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈapja] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.