alpaga
\al.pa.ɡa\
The verdict
“alpaga” is an uncommon French word, ranked #65,677 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #65,677
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ruminant sans cornes de la famille des camélidés qui habite l’Amérique du Sud, de nom scientifique Vicugna pacos Linnaeus, 1758.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alpaga |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \al.pa.ɡa\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #65,677 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “alpaga” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for alpaga is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \al.pa.ɡa\. Corpus data places it at rank #65,677 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Zero misspellings are on record for alpaga in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is alpaga, spelled A-L-P-A-G-A.
Definition
- 1Ruminant sans cornes de la famille des camélidés qui habite l’Amérique du Sud, de nom scientifique Vicugna pacos Linnaeus, 1758.
- 2Laine légère et fine issue du poil de l’alpaga. Elle donne un tissu très résistant utilisé surtout, seul ou en mélange, dans l’habillement masculin.
- 3Vêtement réalisé avec cette laine.
This word in other languages
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “alpaga”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-L-P-A-G-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \al.pa.ɡa\ (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.