alpargata
\al.paʁ.ɡa.ta\
The verdict
“alpargata” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Espadrille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-alpargata · alpargata · French
alpargata · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" 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 | alpargata |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \al.paʁ.ɡa.ta\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « alpargata » en français
Rare enough to double-check
alpargata is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \al.paʁ.ɡa.ta\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Espadrille.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for alpargata, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is alpargata, spelled A-L-P-A-R-G-A-T-A.
Definition
- 1Espadrille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how alpargata appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pour chaussures, ils portent des alpargatas, sandales de cordes tressées, dont la semelle a près d’un pouce d’épaisseur, et qui s’attachent au moyen de rubans comme les cothurnes grecs.
Synonyms
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.