paria

[ˈpaɾja]

/[ˈpaɾja]/ adj

The verdict

“paria” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #32,324. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,324
frequency rank, Spanish
6,028
“P” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Propio de, relativo o perteneciente a los linajes fuera del sistema de castas tradicional de la India, excluídos generalmente de la vida social y los oficios prestigiosos.

Corpus desk

Index ES-paria · paria · Spanish

paria · rank #32,324 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #32,324
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,028
  • PHOTO-FINISH paranormales

Nearest frequency peer: paranormales (-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 “paria”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “paria” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

paria vs pri
60% similar
paria vs pia
60% similar
paria vs pasa
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for paria
PropertyValue
Headwordparia
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈpaɾja]
Letters5
Frequency rank#32,324
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “paria”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.pariacae aquí:

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

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “paranormales” (#32,323), “parodias” (#32,325), “own” (#32,321). Entre 6,028 lemas con “P”, “paria” va en #32,324. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around paria (IPA [ˈpaɾja]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #32,324 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for paria, with forms such as "apria", "paira", and "parai". 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, "pri", "pia", "pasa", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is paria, spelled P-A-R-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Propio de, relativo o perteneciente a los linajes fuera del sistema de castas tradicional de la India, excluídos generalmente de la vida social y los oficios prestigiosos.
  2. 2
    Por extensión, propio de, relativo o perteneciente a un grupo cualquier al que se excluye o margina de la sociedad.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how paria appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Aquí se ve al paria de la India despreciado hasta el extremo de considerarle inferior a los brutos, estándole prohibido todo contacto con los demás hombres, pues se creía que su maldita sombra contaminaba el agua y los demás alimentos.
  2. al cabo de siglo y medio de explotación de los pueblos coloniales y semicoloniales, las diferencias entre un obrero y su patrón fueron menos grandes que las existentes entre ese mismo obrero y un paria hindú o un peón boliviano.

Synonyms

dalitintocablepanchamas

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apria
  • paira
  • parai
  • parria
  • pparia
  • praia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of paria - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

apria2paira2parai2parria1pparia1praia2
Edit distance from "paria"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "paria"?
"paria" is spelled P-A-R-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpaɾja].
What does "paria" mean?
As an adjective, "paria" means: Propio de, relativo o perteneciente a los linajes fuera del sistema de castas tradicional de la India, excluídos generalmente de la vida social y los oficios prestigiosos.
What words are commonly confused with "paria"?
"paria" is commonly confused with "pri", "pia", "pasa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "paria"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "paria" is [ˈpaɾja]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "paria" come from?
"paria" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "paria", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list