chapado a la antigua
[t͡ʃaˈpað̞o a la ãn̪ˈt̪iɣ̞wa]
The verdict
“chapado a la antigua” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Que sigue las costumbres y modo de pensar de épocas pasadas.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chapado a la antigua |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [t͡ʃaˈpað̞o a la ãn̪ˈt̪iɣ̞wa] |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chapado a la antigua” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for chapado a la antigua is 20 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t͡ʃaˈpað̞o a la ãn̪ˈt̪iɣ̞wa]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Que sigue las costumbres y modo de pensar de épocas pasadas.".
No misspelling variants are generated for chapado a la antigua in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is chapado a la antigua, spelled C-H-A-P-A-D-O- -A- -L-A- -A-N-T-I-G-U-A.
Definition
- 1Que sigue las costumbres y modo de pensar de épocas pasadas.
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.
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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-H-A-P-A-D-O- -A- -L-A- -A-N-T-I-G-U-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [t͡ʃaˈpað̞o a la ãn̪ˈt̪iɣ̞wa] (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.