raspilla

/[rasˈpiʝa]/ noun

The verdict

“raspilla” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a noun — the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency Spanish
8
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: Herramienta similar a un fleje con extremos afilados y curvados, la usan carpinteros para raspillar.

Key facts for raspilla
PropertyValue
Headwordraspilla
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[rasˈpiʝa]
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “raspilla” sits in Spanish frequency

raspilla falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Spanish words — the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for raspilla is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [rasˈpiʝa]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for raspilla 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 raspilla, spelled R-A-S-P-I-L-L-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Herramienta similar a un fleje con extremos afilados y curvados, la usan carpinteros para raspillar.
  2. 2
    (Myosotis) Conjunto de plantas de la familia Boraginaceae (borragináceas), de tallos suaves y angulares, hojas ásperas y aovadas, y flores azules, a menudo conocidas como nomeolvides.
  3. 3
    (Rubia tinctorum) Planta perenne de la familia Rubiaceae (rubiáceas), que puede llegar a un metro de altura, de tallo tetragonal, hojas de cuatro a seis vértices, flores parcialmente racimosas y frutos carnosos en forma de baya. Se caracteriza por su raíz rojiza.
  4. 4
    (Sherardia arvensis) Pequeña planta herbácea anual que alcanza unos 40 cm de altura, de tallo son cuadrangular con espinas curvadas hacia abajo, hojas lanceoladas en cada verticilo, flores de color lila de 2-3 cm de diámetro. Florece en primavera y verano.
  5. 5
    Raspa pequeña.

Synonyms

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "raspilla"?
"raspilla" is spelled R-A-S-P-I-L-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is [rasˈpiʝa].
What does "raspilla" mean?
As a noun, "raspilla" means: Herramienta similar a un fleje con extremos afilados y curvados, la usan carpinteros para raspillar.
How do you pronounce "raspilla"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "raspilla" is [rasˈpiʝa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "raspilla" come from?
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Using “raspilla”

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

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is R-A-S-P-I-L-L-A — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [rasˈpiʝa] (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.