represalia
[repɾeˈsalja]
The verdict
“represalia” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #21,138 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #21,138
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 10
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Derecho que se arrogan los enemigos para causarse recíprocamente igual o mayor daño que el que han recibido.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | represalia |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [repɾeˈsalja] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #21,138 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “represalia” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for represalia is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [repɾeˈsalja]. Corpus data places it at rank #21,138 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for represalia, with forms such as "erpresalia", "repersalia", and "reppresalia". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "represalias", "regresaría", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
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 represalia, spelled R-E-P-R-E-S-A-L-I-A.
Definition
- 1Derecho que se arrogan los enemigos para causarse recíprocamente igual o mayor daño que el que han recibido.
- 2Retención de los bienes de una nación con quien se está en guerra, o (retención) de sus individuos.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: erpresalia,repersalia,reppresalia,repreaslia,represaila,represalai,represallia,represlaia,repressalia,reprresalia,reprsealia,rerpesalia,rperesalia,rrepresalia
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of represalia - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “represalia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is R-E-P-R-E-S-A-L-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [repɾeˈsalja] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “represalias” - see the side-by-side comparison. represalia vs represalias
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.