felpa
[ˈfelpa]
The verdict
“felpa” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #60,812 among 18,759 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,812
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 18,759
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tejido suave y esponjoso obtenido al entretejer un hilo suplementario de trama sobre la urdimbre, dejando pelos por la cara del haz.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | felpa |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfelpa] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #60,812 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “felpa” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
felpa is uncommon Spanish at frequency #60,812 among 18,759 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfelpa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
felpa has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is felpa, spelled F-E-L-P-A.
Definition
- 1Tejido suave y esponjoso obtenido al entretejer un hilo suplementario de trama sobre la urdimbre, dejando pelos por la cara del haz.
- 2Paliza.
- 3Por extensión, corrección verbal de marcada vehemencia.
- 4Trozo de tela elástica que se coloca en la cabeza para retirar el pelo de la cara ^([cita requerida]).
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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Using “felpa”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is F-E-L-P-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈfelpa] (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.