jalapa
[xaˈlapa]
The verdict
“jalapa” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #47,894. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #47,894
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,810
- “J” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Ipomoea purga) Planta trepadora de la familia de las Convolvuláceas, originaria de México. Crece enroscada en los tallos de otras plantas, tiene una flores rosadas grandes y hermosas. Las raíces t...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jalapa |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [xaˈlapa] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #47,894 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “jalapa” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around jalapa (IPA [xaˈlapa]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,894 among 7,810 “J” headwords. Dominant gloss: "(Ipomoea purga) Planta trepadora de la familia de las Convolvuláceas, originaria de México. Crece enroscada en los tallos de otras plantas, tiene una flores rosadas grandes y hermosas. Las raíces t...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for jalapa, with forms such as "ajlapa", "jaalpa", and "jalaap". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "jalar", "jalea", "jalan", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is jalapa, spelled J-A-L-A-P-A.
Definition
- 1(Ipomoea purga) Planta trepadora de la familia de las Convolvuláceas, originaria de México. Crece enroscada en los tallos de otras plantas, tiene una flores rosadas grandes y hermosas. Las raíces tienen un líquido blanquecino que es usado como laxante o purgante.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ajlapa
- jaalpa
- jalaap
- jalappa
- jallapa
- jalpaa
- jjalapa
- jlaapa
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of jalapa - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “jalapa”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is J-A-L-A-P-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [xaˈlapa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “jalar” - see the side-by-side comparison. jalapa vs jalar
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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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.