farpa

//ˈfaʁ.pɐ/ [ˈfah.pɐ]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#70,267

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

farpa is aPortuguesenoun. It means: ponta metálica aguda com finalidade de penetração usada em flechas, dardos, etc. Pronounced /ˈfaʁ.pɐ/ [ˈfah.pɐ].

Key facts for farpa
PropertyValue
Headwordfarpa
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈfaʁ.pɐ/ [ˈfah.pɐ]
Letters5
Frequency rank#70,267
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of farpa in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for farpa is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈfaʁ.pɐ/ [ˈfah.pɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #70,267 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for farpa in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is farpa, spelled F-A-R-P-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ponta metálica aguda com finalidade de penetração usada em flechas, dardos, etc.
  2. 2
    pequena haste com essa ponta aguda usada para picar touros
  3. 3
    fragmento de madeira ou outro material que perfura a pele de modo acidental
  4. 4
    rasgo feito num tecido
  5. 5
    pequeno pedaço de algo
  6. 6
    linha ou parte esgarçada solta num tecido
  7. 7
    crítica agressiva, ferina ou sarcástica
  8. 8
    em vexilologia, tira que pende de um estandarte ou bandeira

Synonyms

Frequency rank: #70,267 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "farpa"?
"farpa" is spelled F-A-R-P-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈfaʁ.pɐ/ [ˈfah.pɐ].
What does "farpa" mean?
As a noun, "farpa" means: ponta metálica aguda com finalidade de penetração usada em flechas, dardos, etc.
How do you pronounce "farpa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "farpa" is /ˈfaʁ.pɐ/ [ˈfah.pɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "farpa" come from?
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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.