parapolítica

/[paɾapoˈlit̪ika]/ noun

The verdict

“parapolítica” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #90,192 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.

#90,192
frequency rank, Spanish
12
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: Actividad de gobierno y asuntos públicos influenciada por la relación con dirigentes o grupos paramilitares (grupos armados ilegales con orientación derechista).

Key facts for parapolítica
PropertyValue
Headwordparapolítica
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[paɾapoˈlit̪ika]
Letters12
Frequency rank#90,192
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “parapolítica” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). parapolítica lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for parapolítica is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [paɾapoˈlit̪ika]. Corpus data places it at rank #90,192 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Actividad de gobierno y asuntos públicos influenciada por la relación con dirigentes o grupos paramilitares (grupos armados ilegales con orientación derechista).".

No misspelling variants are generated for parapolítica in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. 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 parapolítica, spelled P-A-R-A-P-O-L-Í-T-I-C-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Actividad de gobierno y asuntos públicos influenciada por la relación con dirigentes o grupos paramilitares (grupos armados ilegales con orientación derechista).

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "parapolítica"?
"parapolítica" is spelled P-A-R-A-P-O-L-Í-T-I-C-A. The IPA pronunciation is [paɾapoˈlit̪ika].
What does "parapolítica" mean?
As a noun, "parapolítica" means: Actividad de gobierno y asuntos públicos influenciada por la relación con dirigentes o grupos paramilitares (grupos armados ilegales con orientación derechista).
How do you pronounce "parapolítica"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "parapolítica" is [paɾapoˈlit̪ika]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "parapolítica" come from?
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Using “parapolítica”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is P-A-R-A-P-O-L-Í-T-I-C-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [paɾapoˈlit̪ika] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list