tapioca
[t̪aˈpjoka]
The verdict
“tapioca” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #74,979 among 3,005 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,979
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Manihot esculenta) Fécula obtenida de la raíz de la mandioca con la que se hace una nutritiva sopa.
Corpus desk
Index ES-tapioca · tapioca · Spanish
tapioca · rank #74,979 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,979
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH Tabriz
Nearest frequency peer: Tabriz (-2 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 “tapioca”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- suscriba
suscriba
25,027 corpus weight
- suspenderán
suspenderán
25,026 corpus weight
- sustantivas
sustantivas
25,025 corpus weight
- Tabriz
Tabriz
25,024 corpus weight
- tapioca
tapioca
25,022 corpus weight
- temidas
temidas
25,017 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “tapioca” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cola larga: rango de “tapioca” en español
Rare enough to double-check
tapioca is uncommon Spanish at frequency #74,979 among 3,005 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [t̪aˈpjoka]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
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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