garlopa

[gaɾˈlopa]

/[gaɾˈlopa]/ noun

The verdict

“garlopa” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Spanish
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cepillo largo y con puño, que sirve para igualar las superficies de la madera ya acepillada, especialmente en las junturas de las tablas.

Corpus desk

Index ES-garlopa · garlopa · Spanish

garlopa · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "G" 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.

Key facts for garlopa
PropertyValue
Headwordgarlopa
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[gaɾˈlopa]
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “garlopa” en español

garlopaestá más allá de las 100.000 formas más frecuentes del español, en la cola de léxico especializado o poco usado donde la duda ortográfica aprieta.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

garlopa is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [gaɾˈlopa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cepillo largo y con puño, que sirve para igualar las superficies de la madera ya acepillada, especialmente en las junturas de las tablas.".

garlopa doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is garlopa, spelled G-A-R-L-O-P-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cepillo largo y con puño, que sirve para igualar las superficies de la madera ya acepillada, especialmente en las junturas de las tablas.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "garlopa"?
"garlopa" is spelled G-A-R-L-O-P-A. The IPA pronunciation is [gaɾˈlopa].
What does "garlopa" mean?
As a noun, "garlopa" means: Cepillo largo y con puño, que sirve para igualar las superficies de la madera ya acepillada, especialmente en las junturas de las tablas.
How do you pronounce "garlopa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "garlopa" is [gaɾˈlopa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "garlopa" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list