tapial
[t̪aˈpjal]
The verdict
“tapial” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #94,689 among 3,005 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,689
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - El molde ú horma hecha de dos tablas puestas de cuchillo, en que se labran las tapias.
Corpus desk
Index ES-tapial · tapial · Spanish
tapial · rank #94,689 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,689
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH tambora
Nearest frequency peer: tambora (-4 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 “tapial”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- taita
taita
5,320 corpus weight
- Tamarit
Tamarit
5,317 corpus weight
- tambora
tambora
5,316 corpus weight
- tapial
tapial
5,312 corpus weight
- tembleque
tembleque
5,307 corpus weight
- tempranillo
tempranillo
5,306 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “tapial” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tapial |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t̪aˈpjal] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #94,689 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “tapial” en español
Rare enough to double-check
tapial is uncommon Spanish at frequency #94,689 among 3,005 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [t̪aˈpjal]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for tapial, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is tapial, spelled T-A-P-I-A-L.
Definition
- 1El molde ú horma hecha de dos tablas puestas de cuchillo, en que se labran las tapias.
- 2Cada una de las tablas con que se hace esta horma.
- 3Trozo de pared hecho con tierra amasada.
- 4Adral.
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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