carpir
[kaɾˈpiɾ]
The verdict
“carpir” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dejar a uno pasmado y sin sentido.
Corpus desk
Index ES-carpir · carpir · Spanish
carpir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" 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 | carpir |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kaɾˈpiɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “carpir” en español
Rare enough to double-check
carpir is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [kaɾˈpiɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for carpir in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is carpir, spelled C-A-R-P-I-R.
Definition
- 1Dejar a uno pasmado y sin sentido.
- 2Arañar, rasguñar.
- 3Limpiar o escardar la tierra con el carpidor, quitando la hierba inútil o perjudicial.
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.