escalpelo
[eskalˈpelo]
The verdict
“escalpelo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #94,067 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,067
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Instrumento que consta de una cuchilla para hacer cortes o incisiones precisas, especialmente para fines quirúrgicos o de diseño artístico, arquitectónico, etc.
Corpus desk
Index ES-escalpelo · escalpelo · Spanish
escalpelo · rank #94,067 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,067
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH escamosas
Nearest frequency peer: escamosas (+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 “escalpelo”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- equinoccios
equinoccios
5,939 corpus weight
- escalpelo
escalpelo
5,934 corpus weight
- escamosas
escamosas
5,933 corpus weight
- escapándose
escapándose
5,932 corpus weight
- esgrimista
esgrimista
5,931 corpus weight
- eslovenos
eslovenos
5,929 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “escalpelo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | escalpelo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [eskalˈpelo] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #94,067 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “escalpelo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
escalpelo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #94,067 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [eskalˈpelo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Instrumento que consta de una cuchilla para hacer cortes o incisiones precisas, especialmente para fines quirúrgicos o de diseño artístico, arquitectónico, etc.".
escalpelo has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is escalpelo, spelled E-S-C-A-L-P-E-L-O.
Definition
- 1Instrumento que consta de una cuchilla para hacer cortes o incisiones precisas, especialmente para fines quirúrgicos o de diseño artístico, arquitectónico, etc.
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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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