sherpa
[ˈʃeɾpa]
The verdict
“sherpa” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #79,568 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #79,568
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Que pertenece o concierne al pueblo sherpa, nativo de las montañas de Nepal y la Región Autónoma del Tíbet.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sherpa |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʃeɾpa] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #79,568 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sherpa” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for sherpa is 6 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃeɾpa]. Corpus data places it at rank #79,568 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 edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for sherpa, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is sherpa, spelled S-H-E-R-P-A.
Definition
- 1Que pertenece o concierne al pueblo sherpa, nativo de las montañas de Nepal y la Región Autónoma del Tíbet.
- 2Que pertenece o concierne a la lengua sherpa.
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 “sherpa”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is S-H-E-R-P-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃeɾpa] (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
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.