etarra
[eˈt̪ara]
The verdict
“etarra” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #50,904 among 101,141 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,904
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 101,141
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Miembro de la banda terrorista nacionalista vasca ETA.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | etarra |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [eˈt̪ara] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #50,904 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “etarra” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
etarra is uncommon Spanish at frequency #50,904 among 101,141 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [eˈt̪ara]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Miembro de la banda terrorista nacionalista vasca ETA.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for etarra in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is etarra, spelled E-T-A-R-R-A.
Definition
- 1Miembro de la banda terrorista nacionalista vasca ETA.
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 “etarra”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-T-A-R-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [eˈt̪ara] (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.