arpillera
[aɾpiˈʝeɾa]
The verdict
“arpillera” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #74,256 among 120,137 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,256
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 120,137
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tejido, por lo común de estopa muy basta. Se usa para cubrir cosas y así defenderlas del polvo y el agua.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | arpillera |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aɾpiˈʝeɾa] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #74,256 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “arpillera” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
arpillera is uncommon Spanish at frequency #74,256 among 120,137 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [aɾpiˈʝeɾa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tejido, por lo común de estopa muy basta. Se usa para cubrir cosas y así defenderlas del polvo y el agua.".
arpillera has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is arpillera, spelled A-R-P-I-L-L-E-R-A.
Definition
- 1Tejido, por lo común de estopa muy basta. Se usa para cubrir cosas y así defenderlas del polvo y el agua.
This word in other languages
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 “arpillera”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-R-P-I-L-L-E-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [aɾpiˈʝeɾa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.