piragua

[piˈɾaɣ̞wa]

/[piˈɾaɣ̞wa]/ noun

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The verdict

“piragua” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #74,827 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,827
frequency rank, Spanish
6,028
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Embarcación hecha de madera u otros elementos vegetales, estrecha y de poco calado, normalmente de una sola pieza, que se propulsa a remo o vela. Es propia de los indígenas americanos y de los nati...

Corpus desk

Index ES-piragua · piragua · Spanish

piragua · rank #74,827 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #74,827
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,028
  • PHOTO-FINISH Piquer

Nearest frequency peer: Piquer (-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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “piragua”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “piragua” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for piragua
PropertyValue
Headwordpiragua
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[piˈɾaɣ̞wa]
Letters7
Frequency rank#74,827
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “piragua” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.piraguacae en esta cola de rareza:

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

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “Piquer” (#74,826), “pirro” (#74,828), “picadero” (#74,824). Entre 6,028 lemas con “P”, “piragua” va en #74,827. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

piragua is uncommon Spanish at frequency #74,827 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [piˈɾaɣ̞wa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for piragua in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented 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 piragua, spelled P-I-R-A-G-U-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Embarcación hecha de madera u otros elementos vegetales, estrecha y de poco calado, normalmente de una sola pieza, que se propulsa a remo o vela. Es propia de los indígenas americanos y de los nativos de Oceanía.
  2. 2
    Embarcación de una sola pieza, alargada, de poco calado e impulsada solo por remos, de uso deportivo.
  3. 3
    Refresco de fruta con hielo finamente picado o granizado.
  4. 4
    (Anthurium scandens Engl) Planta epífita de la familia de las Aráceas.
  5. 5
    (Monstera pertusa)Planta parásita de la familia de las Aráceas que ataca las plantaciones de cacao.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Me contaron los abuelos que hace tiempo navegaba en el César una piragua que partía de El Banco viejo puerto a las playas de amor en Chimichagua. Era la piragua de Guillermo Cubillos. era la piragua.

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 "piragua"?
"piragua" is spelled P-I-R-A-G-U-A. The IPA pronunciation is [piˈɾaɣ̞wa].
What does "piragua" mean?
As a noun, "piragua" means: Embarcación hecha de madera u otros elementos vegetales, estrecha y de poco calado, normalmente de una sola pieza, que se propulsa a remo o vela. Es propia de los indígenas americanos y de los nati...
How do you pronounce "piragua"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "piragua" is [piˈɾaɣ̞wa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "piragua" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pervive#74,821posarse#74,835parrado#74,810paridas#74,809

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list