jap
/hap/
The verdict
“jap” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #57,154 among 645 “J” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,154
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 645
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abrir (la boca).
Corpus desk
Index ES-jap · jap · Spanish
jap · rank #57,154 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,154
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 645
- PHOTO-FINISH Jacksonville
Nearest frequency peer: Jacksonville (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “jap”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- intrépida
intrépida
42,853 corpus weight
- Islamabad
Islamabad
42,852 corpus weight
- Jacksonville
Jacksonville
42,848 corpus weight
- jap
jap
42,847 corpus weight
- joroba
joroba
42,843 corpus weight
- jotas
jotas
42,842 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “jap” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jap |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /hap/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #57,154 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “jap” en español
Rare enough to double-check
jap is uncommon Spanish at frequency #57,154 among 645 “J” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /hap/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Abrir (la boca).".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for jap, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is jap, spelled J-A-P.
Definition
- 1Abrir (la boca).
Antonyms
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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