parapeto

/[paɾaˈpet̪o]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#59,504

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

parapeto is aSpanishnoun. It means: Pared o baranda que se pone para defensa en los puentes, escaleras, etc. Pronounced [paɾaˈpet̪o].

Key facts for parapeto
PropertyValue
Headwordparapeto
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[paɾaˈpet̪o]
Letters8
Frequency rank#59,504
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of parapeto in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for parapeto is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [paɾaˈpet̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #59,504 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 frequent misspelling variants are recorded for parapeto in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is parapeto, spelled P-A-R-A-P-E-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pared o baranda que se pone para defensa en los puentes, escaleras, etc.
  2. 2
    Terraplén corto, formado sobre el principal, hacia la parte de la campaña, el cual defiende contra los golpes enemigos el pecho de los soldados que están en él.

Synonyms

Frequency rank: #59,504 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "parapeto"?
"parapeto" is spelled P-A-R-A-P-E-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [paɾaˈpet̪o].
What does "parapeto" mean?
As a noun, "parapeto" means: Pared o baranda que se pone para defensa en los puentes, escaleras, etc.
How do you pronounce "parapeto"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "parapeto" is [paɾaˈpet̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "parapeto" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.