lap
[ˈlap]
The verdict
“lap” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #40,923) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #40,923
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,069
- “L” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Imita un chapoteo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-lap · lap · Spanish
lap · rank #40,923 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #40,923
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,069
- PHOTO-FINISH Lambayeque
Nearest frequency peer: Lambayeque (-2 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.
Vecinos de frecuencia del confusable “lap”
Pares de peso similar en el corpus, aparte de los confusables abajo
- Kurdistán
Kurdistán
59,083 corpus weight
- laboran
laboran
59,082 corpus weight
- Lambayeque
Lambayeque
59,080 corpus weight
- lap
lap
59,078 corpus weight
- lauro
lauro
59,076 corpus weight
- Lavín
Lavín
59,075 corpus weight
What this shows Las barras sitúan “lap” frente a los lemas españoles más cercanos por rango, no un reprint del escritorio de confusables.
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 | lap |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlap] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #40,923 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “lap”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for lap is neighbouring look-alikes ("lo", "le", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ˈlap]. Frequency #40,923 among 2,069 “L” headwords. Gloss: "Imita un chapoteo.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for lap, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "lo", "le", "li", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is lap, spelled L-A-P.
Definition
- 1Imita un chapoteo.
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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Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).