rapsoda
[rapˈsoð̞a]
The verdict
“rapsoda” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Persona que en la Grecia antigua iba de pueblo en pueblo cantando trozos de los poemas homéricos u otras poesías.
Corpus desk
Index ES-rapsoda · rapsoda · Spanish
rapsoda · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rapsoda |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [rapˈsoð̞a] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
rapsoda is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [rapˈsoð̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
rapsoda doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 rapsoda, spelled R-A-P-S-O-D-A.
Definition
- 1Persona que en la Grecia antigua iba de pueblo en pueblo cantando trozos de los poemas homéricos u otras poesías.
- 2Persona que recita poesía frente a una audiencia.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.