botavara
[bot̪aˈβ̞aɾa]
The verdict
“botavara” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Palo horizontal que, apoyado en el coronamiento de la popa y asegurado en el mástil más próximo a ella, sirve para cazar la vela cangreja.
Corpus desk
Index ES-botavara · botavara · Spanish
botavara · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | botavara |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bot̪aˈβ̞aɾa] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “botavara” en español
Rare enough to double-check
botavara is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [bot̪aˈβ̞aɾa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Palo horizontal que, apoyado en el coronamiento de la popa y asegurado en el mástil más próximo a ella, sirve para cazar la vela cangreja.".
botavara has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is botavara, spelled B-O-T-A-V-A-R-A.
Definition
- 1Palo horizontal que, apoyado en el coronamiento de la popa y asegurado en el mástil más próximo a ella, sirve para cazar la vela cangreja.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.