arpía
[aɾˈpia]
The verdict
“arpía” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #70,000 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #70,000
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Harpia harpyja) Águila de gran tamaño, de hasta 2 m de envergadura, de la Familia Accipitridae y característica del los bosques de lluvia de América del Centro y del Sur.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | arpía |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aɾˈpia] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #70,000 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “arpía” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for arpía is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aɾˈpia]. Corpus data places it at rank #70,000 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for arpía, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is arpía, spelled A-R-P-Í-A.
Definition
- 1(Harpia harpyja) Águila de gran tamaño, de hasta 2 m de envergadura, de la Familia Accipitridae y característica del los bosques de lluvia de América del Centro y del Sur.
- 2(Harpyopsis novaeguineae) Águila endémica de Nueva Guinea, de la Familia Accipitridae propia de los bosques tropicales de altura.
- 3Animal fantástico de la mitología griega con cuerpo de ave, cabeza de mujer y cola de serpiente. Son características las harpías en los capiteles románicos.
- 4Mujer malvada y cruel.
- 5Mujer flaca y desfigurada.
- 6Mujer prostituta.
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 “arpía”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-R-P-Í-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [aɾˈpia] (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.