sátrapa
[ˈsat̪ɾapa]
The verdict
“sátrapa” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #67,322 among 34,953 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,322
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 34,953
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Gobernador provincial en la Antigua Persia.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sátrapa |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈsat̪ɾapa] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #67,322 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sátrapa” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
sátrapa is uncommon Spanish at frequency #67,322 among 34,953 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈsat̪ɾapa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for sátrapa, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is sátrapa, spelled S-Á-T-R-A-P-A.
Definition
- 1Gobernador provincial en la Antigua Persia.
- 2Gobernador que se cree superior a su pueblo y gobierna a su libre arbitrio, abusando de sus privilegios y cobrando una cantidad excesiva de impuestos para beneficio propio.
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 “sátrapa”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is S-Á-T-R-A-P-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈsat̪ɾapa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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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.