parapente
[paɾaˈpẽn̪t̪e]
The verdict
“parapente” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #67,980 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #67,980
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Deporte que consiste en lanzarse desde un precipicio con cierto paracaídas para planear y descender de forma controlada.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | parapente |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [paɾaˈpẽn̪t̪e] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #67,980 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “parapente” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for parapente is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [paɾaˈpẽn̪t̪e]. Corpus data places it at rank #67,980 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for parapente in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 parapente, spelled P-A-R-A-P-E-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1Deporte que consiste en lanzarse desde un precipicio con cierto paracaídas para planear y descender de forma controlada.
- 2Tipo de paracaídas que se usa para tal deporte.
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 “parapente”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-A-R-A-P-E-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [paɾaˈpẽn̪t̪e] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.