zampoña
[sãmˈpoɲa]
The verdict
“zampoña” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Instrumento musical parecido a una flauta o compuesto de varias flautas a modo de gaita.
Corpus desk
Index ES-zampona · zampoña · Spanish
zampoña · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Z" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zampoña |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [sãmˈpoɲa] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “zampoña” en español
Rare enough to double-check
zampoña is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [sãmˈpoɲa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Instrumento musical parecido a una flauta o compuesto de varias flautas a modo de gaita.".
zampoña has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is zampoña, spelled Z-A-M-P-O-Ñ-A.
Definition
- 1Instrumento musical parecido a una flauta o compuesto de varias flautas a modo de gaita.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.