escamol
[eskaˈmol]
The verdict
“escamol” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Larva comestible de la hormiga escamolera (Liometopum apiculatum) . Es un ingrediente de varios platos de la cocina de México, aunque resultan caras y difíciles de conseguir a causa de su aparición...
Corpus desk
Index ES-escamol · escamol · Spanish
escamol · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | escamol |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [eskaˈmol] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “escamol” en español
Rare enough to double-check
escamol is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [eskaˈmol]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Larva comestible de la hormiga escamolera (Liometopum apiculatum) . Es un ingrediente de varios platos de la cocina de México, aunque resultan caras y difíciles de conseguir a causa de su aparición...".
escamol doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is escamol, spelled E-S-C-A-M-O-L.
Definition
- 1Larva comestible de la hormiga escamolera (Liometopum apiculatum) . Es un ingrediente de varios platos de la cocina de México, aunque resultan caras y difíciles de conseguir a causa de su aparición estacional y la agresividad de los individuos adultos.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.