taparrabos
[t̪apaˈraβ̞os]
The verdict
“taparrabos” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #72,341 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #72,341
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Prenda de vestir masculina mínima utilizada por algunas comunidades indígenas, que consiste simplemente en un trozo de tela tapando las partes púdicas, en particular la entrepierna.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | taparrabos |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t̪apaˈraβ̞os] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #72,341 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “taparrabos” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for taparrabos is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t̪apaˈraβ̞os]. Corpus data places it at rank #72,341 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Prenda de vestir masculina mínima utilizada por algunas comunidades indígenas, que consiste simplemente en un trozo de tela tapando las partes púdicas, en particular la entrepierna.".
taparrabos has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is taparrabos, spelled T-A-P-A-R-R-A-B-O-S.
Definition
- 1Prenda de vestir masculina mínima utilizada por algunas comunidades indígenas, que consiste simplemente en un trozo de tela tapando las partes púdicas, en particular la entrepierna.
This word in other languages
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 “taparrabos”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is T-A-P-A-R-R-A-B-O-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [t̪apaˈraβ̞os] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.