ser una alpargata al lado de
[ˈseɾ ˈuna alpaɾˈɣ̞at̪a al ˈlað̞o ð̞e]
The verdict
“ser una alpargata al lado de” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 28
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — Ser algo o alguien de cualidades muy inferiores a las de lo que se usa como punto de comparación.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ser una alpargata al lado de |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈseɾ ˈuna alpaɾˈɣ̞at̪a al ˈlað̞o ð̞e] |
| Letters | 28 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ser una alpargata al lado de” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for ser una alpargata al lado de is 28 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈseɾ ˈuna alpaɾˈɣ̞at̪a al ˈlað̞o ð̞e]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Ser algo o alguien de cualidades muy inferiores a las de lo que se usa como punto de comparación.".
No misspelling variants are generated for ser una alpargata al lado de 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 ser una alpargata al lado de, spelled S-E-R- -U-N-A- -A-L-P-A-R-G-A-T-A- -A-L- -L-A-D-O- -D-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Ser algo o alguien de cualidades muy inferiores a las de lo que se usa como punto de comparación.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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- The one correct Spanish spelling is S-E-R- -U-N-A- -A-L-P-A-R-G-A-T-A- -A-L- -L-A-D-O- -D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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