topa
[ˈt̪opa]
The verdict
“topa” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #34,810) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #34,810
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Motón de driza con que se izaban o subían las velas de las galeras.
Corpus desk
Index ES-topa · topa · Spanish
topa · rank #34,810 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #34,810
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH toleran
Nearest frequency peer: toleran (-1 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.
Vecinos de frecuencia del confusable “topa”
Pares de peso similar en el corpus, aparte de los confusables abajo
- terapéuticos
terapéuticos
65,194 corpus weight
- tocaría
tocaría
65,193 corpus weight
- toleran
toleran
65,192 corpus weight
- topa
topa
65,191 corpus weight
- Torrijos
Torrijos
65,190 corpus weight
- trabajadas
trabajadas
65,189 corpus weight
What this shows Las barras sitúan “topa” frente a los lemas españoles más cercanos por rango, no un reprint del escritorio de confusables.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | topa |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt̪opa] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #34,810 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “topa”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for topa is neighbouring look-alikes ("tos", "tor", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ˈt̪opa]. Frequency #34,810 among 3,005 “T” headwords. 5 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for topa, with forms such as "toap", "toppa", and "tpoa". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tos", "tor", "toy", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is topa, spelled T-O-P-A.
Definition
- 1Motón de driza con que se izaban o subían las velas de las galeras.
- 2Balsa (árbol).
- 3Encuentro de dos cortadores de café que vienen en direcciones opuestas por el mismo surco.
- 4Bocacalle.
- 5Inflamación de las glándulas parótidas.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- toap
- toppa
- tpoa
- ttopa
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of topa - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "topa", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).