zarpazo
[saɾˈpaso]
The verdict
“zarpazo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #69,059 among 220 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,059
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 220
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Golpe asestado con una zarpa.
Corpus desk
Index ES-zarpazo · zarpazo · Spanish
zarpazo · rank #69,059 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,059
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 220
- PHOTO-FINISH zapoteco
Nearest frequency peer: zapoteco (-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 “zarpazo”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- yute
yute
30,948 corpus weight
- yuyu
yuyu
30,947 corpus weight
- zape
zape
30,945 corpus weight
- zapoteco
zapoteco
30,944 corpus weight
- zarpazo
zarpazo
30,942 corpus weight
- ínterin
ínterin
30,937 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “zarpazo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zarpazo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [saɾˈpaso] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #69,059 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “zarpazo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
zarpazo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #69,059 among 220 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [saɾˈpaso]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for zarpazo in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 zarpazo, spelled Z-A-R-P-A-Z-O.
Definition
- 1Golpe asestado con una zarpa.
- 2Golpe muy fuerte y ruidoso
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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