escabullirse
[eskaβ̞uˈʝiɾse]
The verdict
“escabullirse” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #57,739 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,739
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Evadir, fugarse, escapar, huir o salir de un peligro, de una enfermedad o de un encierro.
Corpus desk
Index ES-escabullirse · escabullirse · Spanish
escabullirse · rank #57,739 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,739
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH equitativas
Nearest frequency peer: equitativas (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “escabullirse”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- epiteliales
epiteliales
42,264 corpus weight
- equitativas
equitativas
42,263 corpus weight
- escabullirse
escabullirse
42,262 corpus weight
- escapamos
escapamos
42,261 corpus weight
- escogimos
escogimos
42,260 corpus weight
- escoltar
escoltar
42,259 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “escabullirse” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | escabullirse |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [eskaβ̞uˈʝiɾse] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #57,739 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “escabullirse” en español
Rare enough to double-check
escabullirse is uncommon Spanish at frequency #57,739 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [eskaβ̞uˈʝiɾse]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
escabullirse doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 Spanish form is escabullirse, spelled E-S-C-A-B-U-L-L-I-R-S-E.
Definition
- 1Evadir, fugarse, escapar, huir o salir de un peligro, de una enfermedad o de un encierro.
- 2Salir, alejarse, huir o zafarse con habilidad de una situación difícil o indeseable.
- 3Salir, alejarse o zafarse de un grupo o de la compañía de otros sin que estos se den cuenta en ese momento.
- 4Referido a una cosa, salirse o irse de entre las manos; escurrirse.
- 5Eludir o evadir argumentos o razones en contra.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).