sarpado

[saɾˈpað̞o]

/[saɾˈpað̞o]/ adj

The verdict

“sarpado” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #74,075 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,075
frequency rank, Spanish
4,169
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Impactante, sorprendente, sobre todo cuando es para bien.

Corpus desk

Index ES-sarpado · sarpado · Spanish

sarpado · rank #74,075 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #74,075
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,169
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sapporo

Nearest frequency peer: Sapporo (-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 “sarpado”

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 “sarpado” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sarpado
PropertyValue
Headwordsarpado
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[saɾˈpað̞o]
Letters7
Frequency rank#74,075
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “sarpado” en español

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).sarpadocae en esta cola de rareza:

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

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “Sapporo” (#74,074), “Saturn” (#74,076), “seguirías” (#74,077). Entre 4,169 lemas con “S”, “sarpado” va en #74,075. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sarpado is uncommon Spanish at frequency #74,075 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [saɾˈpað̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for sarpado, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is sarpado, spelled S-A-R-P-A-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Impactante, sorprendente, sobre todo cuando es para bien.
  2. 2
    Específicamente, dicho de una persona: que se comporta inapropadamente o dice cosas que resultan groseras.

Synonyms

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 "sarpado"?
"sarpado" is spelled S-A-R-P-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is [saɾˈpað̞o].
What does "sarpado" mean?
As an adjective, "sarpado" means: Impactante, sorprendente, sobre todo cuando es para bien.
How do you pronounce "sarpado"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sarpado" is [saɾˈpað̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sarpado" come from?
"sarpado" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list