lapa
[ˈlapa]
The verdict
“lapa” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #47,226. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #47,226
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,069
- “L” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Telilla o nata que diversos vegetales criptógamos forman en la superficie de algunos líquidos.
Corpus desk
Index ES-lapa · lapa · Spanish
lapa · rank #47,226 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #47,226
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,069
- PHOTO-FINISH Larios
Nearest frequency peer: Larios (+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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “lapa”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- Kawasaki
Kawasaki
52,780 corpus weight
- lancen
lancen
52,778 corpus weight
- languages
languages
52,777 corpus weight
- lapa
lapa
52,775 corpus weight
- Larios
Larios
52,774 corpus weight
- Laude
Laude
52,773 corpus weight
What this shows “lapa” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | lapa |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlapa] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #47,226 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “lapa”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around lapa (IPA [ˈlapa]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,226 among 2,069 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Telilla o nata que diversos vegetales criptógamos forman en la superficie de algunos líquidos.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for lapa, with forms such as "alpa", "laap", and "lappa". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "las", "lea", "law", 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is lapa, spelled L-A-P-A.
Definition
- 1Telilla o nata que diversos vegetales criptógamos forman en la superficie de algunos líquidos.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- alpa
- laap
- lappa
- llapa
- lpaa
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lapa - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "lapa", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).