sátrapa
[ˈsat̪ɾapa]
The verdict
“sátrapa” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #67,322 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,322
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gobernador provincial en la Antigua Persia.
Corpus desk
Index ES-satrapa · sátrapa · Spanish
sátrapa · rank #67,322 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,322
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH susceptibilid…
Nearest frequency peer: susceptibilidades (-2 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 “sátrapa”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- superpone
superpone
32,685 corpus weight
- supervisadas
supervisadas
32,684 corpus weight
- surgiría
surgiría
32,682 corpus weight
- susceptibil…
susceptibilidades
32,681 corpus weight
- sátrapa
sátrapa
32,679 corpus weight
- taxímetro
taxímetro
32,673 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “sátrapa” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cola larga: rango de “sátrapa” en español
Rare enough to double-check
sátrapa is uncommon Spanish at frequency #67,322 among 4,169 “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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