scarpa
\ˈskar.pa\
The verdict
“scarpa” is uncommon French (frequency #85,260 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,260
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Chaussure, soulier.
Corpus desk
Index FR-scarpa · scarpa · French
scarpa · rank #85,260 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,260
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH Saulieu
Nearest frequency peer: Saulieu (-1 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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « scarpa »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Saulieu
Saulieu
14,742 corpus weight
- scarpa
scarpa
14,741 corpus weight
- schell
schell
14,740 corpus weight
- scherzo
scherzo
14,739 corpus weight
- SCM
SCM
14,738 corpus weight
- scots
scots
14,737 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « scarpa » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | scarpa |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈskar.pa\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #85,260 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « scarpa » en français
Rare enough to double-check
scarpa is uncommon French at frequency #85,260 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈskar.pa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for scarpa, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is scarpa, spelled S-C-A-R-P-A.
Definition
- 1Chaussure, soulier.
- 2Talus à la base d’une tour ou d’un mur d’enceinte, escarpe.
Synonyms
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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