escabroso
[eskaˈβ̞ɾoso]
The verdict
“escabroso” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #73,619 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #73,619
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dicho de un terreno: disparejo, accidentado, lleno de estorbos.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | escabroso |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [eskaˈβ̞ɾoso] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #73,619 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “escabroso” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for escabroso is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [eskaˈβ̞ɾoso]. Corpus data places it at rank #73,619 in overall Spanish 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.
escabroso has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is escabroso, spelled E-S-C-A-B-R-O-S-O.
Definition
- 1Dicho de un terreno: disparejo, accidentado, lleno de estorbos.
- 2Áspero, que se encuentra en malas condiciones.
- 3Peligroso, que bordea los límites de la inmoralidad.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “escabroso”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-S-C-A-B-R-O-S-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [eskaˈβ̞ɾoso] (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.