zapatera
[sapaˈt̪eɾa]
The verdict
“zapatera” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #92,581 among 5,985 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,581
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,985
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Variante de zapatero (mueble para los zapatos).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zapatera |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [sapaˈt̪eɾa] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #92,581 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “zapatera” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
zapatera is uncommon Spanish at frequency #92,581 among 5,985 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [sapaˈt̪eɾa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
zapatera doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is zapatera, spelled Z-A-P-A-T-E-R-A.
Definition
- 1Variante de zapatero (mueble para los zapatos).
- 2Mujer o esposa del zapatero.
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 “zapatera”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is Z-A-P-A-T-E-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [sapaˈt̪eɾa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.