arpa

/[ˈaɾpa]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#24,025

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

4

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

arpa is aSpanishnoun. It means: Instrumento de cuerda pulsada, sin mástil, en que las cuerdas entran directamente en la caja de resonancia a través de orificios practicados en ella. Esto distingue al arpa de otros instrumentos de... Pronounced [ˈaɾpa]. Often confused with art and aya.

Key facts for arpa
PropertyValue
Headwordarpa
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈaɾpa]
Letters4
Frequency rank#24,025
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for arpa is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaɾpa]. Corpus data places it at rank #24,025 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 4 documented wrong-spelling variants for arpa, with forms such as "arap", "arppa", and "arrpa". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "art", "aya", "asa", 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 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 arpa, spelled A-R-P-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Instrumento de cuerda pulsada, sin mástil, en que las cuerdas entran directamente en la caja de resonancia a través de orificios practicados en ella. Esto distingue al arpa de otros instrumentos de cuerda como los laúdes en que las cuerdas se apoyan sobre un puente que transmite la vibración a la tapa superior de la caja.
  2. 2
    Caballo en mal estado, flaco y débil.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: arap,arppa,arrpa,rapa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for arpa

Misspelling Variants of "arpa"

arap4arppa5arrpa5rapa4
Misspelling Variants of "arpa"

Frequency rank: #24,025 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "arpa"?
"arpa" is spelled A-R-P-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaɾpa].
What does "arpa" mean?
As a noun, "arpa" means: Instrumento de cuerda pulsada, sin mástil, en que las cuerdas entran directamente en la caja de resonancia a través de orificios practicados en ella. Esto distingue al arpa de otros instrumentos de...
What words are commonly confused with "arpa"?
"arpa" is commonly confused with "art", "aya", "asa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "arpa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "arpa" is [ˈaɾpa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "arpa" come from?
"arpa" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter A in our Spanish index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.