tapioca
[t̪aˈpjoka]
The verdict
“tapioca” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #74,979 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #74,979
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Manihot esculenta) Fécula obtenida de la raíz de la mandioca con la que se hace una nutritiva sopa.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tapioca |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t̪aˈpjoka] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #74,979 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tapioca” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for tapioca is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t̪aˈpjoka]. Corpus data places it at rank #74,979 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.
No generated misspelling entries exist for tapioca in our index, 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.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is tapioca, spelled T-A-P-I-O-C-A.
Definition
- 1(Manihot esculenta) Fécula obtenida de la raíz de la mandioca con la que se hace una nutritiva sopa.
- 2Sopa hecha con la fécula de la raíz de la mandioca.
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 “tapioca”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is T-A-P-I-O-C-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [t̪aˈpjoka] (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.