tapia

/[ˈt̪apja]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#13,798

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

tapia is aSpanishnoun. It means: Cada uno de los trozos de pared que de una sola vez de hacen con tierra amasada y apisonada en una horma, esto es, entre dos tapiales. Pronounced [ˈt̪apja]. Often confused with tía and tasa.

Key facts for tapia
PropertyValue
Headwordtapia
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈt̪apja]
Letters5
Frequency rank#13,798
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of tapia in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for tapia is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt̪apja]. Corpus data places it at rank #13,798 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for tapia, with forms such as "atpia", "taipa", and "tapai". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tía", "tasa", "taxi", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 tapia, spelled T-A-P-I-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cada uno de los trozos de pared que de una sola vez de hacen con tierra amasada y apisonada en una horma, esto es, entre dos tapiales.
  2. 2
    Pared hecha de tapias.
  3. 3
    Muro que rodea un terreno.
  4. 4
    Medida superficial de 50 pies, según la costumbre de medidas de esta corte.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: atpia,taipa,tapai,tappia,tpaia,ttapia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for tapia

Misspelling Variants of "tapia"

atpia5taipa5tapai5tappia6tpaia5ttapia6
Misspelling Variants of "tapia"

Frequency rank: #13,798 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tapia"?
"tapia" is spelled T-A-P-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt̪apja].
What does "tapia" mean?
As a noun, "tapia" means: Cada uno de los trozos de pared que de una sola vez de hacen con tierra amasada y apisonada en una horma, esto es, entre dos tapiales.
What words are commonly confused with "tapia"?
"tapia" is commonly confused with "tía", "tasa", "taxi". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tapia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tapia" is [ˈt̪apja]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tapia" come from?
"tapia" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter T in our Spanish index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.