arpillera
[aɾpiˈʝeɾa]
The verdict
“arpillera” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #74,256 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,256
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tejido, por lo común de estopa muy basta. Se usa para cubrir cosas y así defenderlas del polvo y el agua.
Corpus desk
Index ES-arpillera · arpillera · Spanish
arpillera · rank #74,256 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,256
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH arrancaban
Nearest frequency peer: arrancaban (+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 “arpillera”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- Arcila
Arcila
25,750 corpus weight
- argumentati…
argumentativa
25,749 corpus weight
- arpillera
arpillera
25,745 corpus weight
- arrancaban
arrancaban
25,744 corpus weight
- arrepentirán
arrepentirán
25,743 corpus weight
- ascetismo
ascetismo
25,740 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “arpillera” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cola larga: rango de “arpillera” en español
Rare enough to double-check
arpillera is uncommon Spanish at frequency #74,256 among 7,704 “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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how arpillera appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tentóle luego la camisa, y aunque ella era de arpillera, á él le pareció ser de finísimo y delgado cendal.
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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