arepa
[aˈɾepa]
The verdict
“arepa” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #30,761. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #30,761
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tipo de tortilla plana y redonda hecha de harina de maíz y tostada sobre una plancha o budare.
Corpus desk
Index ES-arepa · arepa · Spanish
arepa · rank #30,761 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #30,761
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH Arch
Nearest frequency peer: Arch (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “arepa”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- apostó
apostó
69,244 corpus weight
- arcaico
arcaico
69,242 corpus weight
- Arch
Arch
69,241 corpus weight
- arepa
arepa
69,240 corpus weight
- armónico
armónico
69,239 corpus weight
- arruinaron
arruinaron
69,237 corpus weight
What this shows “arepa” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | arepa |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aˈɾepa] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #30,761 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “arepa”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around arepa (IPA [aˈɾepa]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,761 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for arepa, with forms such as "aerpa", "areap", and "areppa". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "arma", "aria", "arpa", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is arepa, spelled A-R-E-P-A.
Definition
- 1Tipo de tortilla plana y redonda hecha de harina de maíz y tostada sobre una plancha o budare.
- 2Aparato sexual de la mujer.
- 3Mancha de sudor que se marca en la camisa o camiseta a la altura de la axila.
- 4En béisbol, no anotar carreras. Por analogía del número cero (0) con la redondez del alimento.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how arepa appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
El Caracas le metió nueve arepas al Magallanes
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aerpa
- areap
- areppa
- arpea
- arrepa
- raepa
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of arepa - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).