arpía

[aɾˈpia]

/[aɾˈpia]/ noun

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The verdict

“arpía” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #70,000 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,000
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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.

Corpus desk

Index ES-arpia · arpía · Spanish

arpía · rank #70,000 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,000
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH arrebatan

Nearest frequency peer: arrebatan (+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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “arpía”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “arpía” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for arpía
PropertyValue
Headwordarpía
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[aɾˈpia]
Letters5
Frequency rank#70,000
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “arpía” en español

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).arpíacae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “arrebatan” (#70,001), “artis” (#70,002), “arete” (#69,996). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “arpía” va en #70,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

arpía is uncommon Spanish at frequency #70,000 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [aɾˈpia]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

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. 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. 2
    (Harpyopsis novaeguineae) Águila endémica de Nueva Guinea, de la Familia Accipitridae propia de los bosques tropicales de altura.
  3. 3
    Animal fantástico de la mitología griega con cuerpo de ave, cabeza de mujer y cola de serpiente. Son características las harpías en los capiteles románicos.
  4. 4
    Mujer malvada y cruel.
  5. 5
    Mujer flaca y desfigurada.
  6. 6
    Mujer 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "arpía"?
"arpía" is spelled A-R-P-Í-A. The IPA pronunciation is [aɾˈpia].
What does "arpía" mean?
As a noun, "arpía" means: (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.
How do you pronounce "arpía"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "arpía" is [aɾˈpia]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "arpía" come from?
"arpía" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "arpía", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

artis#70,002arete#69,996Barna#70,028alijo#69,968

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list