farpa
/ˈfaʁ.pɐ/ [ˈfah.pɐ]
The verdict
“farpa” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #70,267 among 1,704 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,267
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,704
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ponta metálica aguda com finalidade de penetração usada em flechas, dardos, etc.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | farpa |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈfaʁ.pɐ/ [ˈfah.pɐ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #70,267 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “farpa” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
farpa is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #70,267 among 1,704 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈfaʁ.pɐ/ [ˈfah.pɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 8 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for farpa in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is farpa, spelled F-A-R-P-A.
Definition
- 1ponta metálica aguda com finalidade de penetração usada em flechas, dardos, etc.
- 2pequena haste com essa ponta aguda usada para picar touros
- 3fragmento de madeira ou outro material que perfura a pele de modo acidental
- 4rasgo feito num tecido
- 5pequeno pedaço de algo
- 6linha ou parte esgarçada solta num tecido
- 7crítica agressiva, ferina ou sarcástica
- 8em vexilologia, tira que pende de um estandarte ou bandeira
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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “farpa”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is F-A-R-P-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈfaʁ.pɐ/ [ˈfah.pɐ] (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.