yapa
[ˈʝapa]
The verdict
“yapa” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #69,047 among 177 “Y” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,047
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 177
- “Y” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cantidad de mercancía en exceso que, como favor, da el vendedor al comprador.
Corpus desk
Index ES-yapa · yapa · Spanish
yapa · rank #69,047 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,047
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 177
- PHOTO-FINISH yarda
Nearest frequency peer: yarda (+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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “yapa”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- Yael
Yael
30,956 corpus weight
- yapa
yapa
30,954 corpus weight
- yarda
yarda
30,953 corpus weight
- yute
yute
30,948 corpus weight
- yuyu
yuyu
30,947 corpus weight
- zape
zape
30,945 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “yapa” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | yapa |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʝapa] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #69,047 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “yapa” en español
Rare enough to double-check
yapa is uncommon Spanish at frequency #69,047 among 177 “Y” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʝapa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cantidad de mercancía en exceso que, como favor, da el vendedor al comprador.".
yapa has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is yapa, spelled Y-A-P-A.
Definition
- 1Cantidad de mercancía en exceso que, como favor, da el vendedor al comprador.
Synonyms
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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