escamotear
[eskamot̪eˈaɾ]
The verdict
“escamotear” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hacer el jugador de manos que desaparezcan a vista de ojos las cosas que maneja.
Corpus desk
Index ES-escamotear · escamotear · Spanish
escamotear · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | escamotear |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [eskamot̪eˈaɾ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “escamotear” en español
Rare enough to double-check
escamotear is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [eskamot̪eˈaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for escamotear in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is escamotear, spelled E-S-C-A-M-O-T-E-A-R.
Definition
- 1Hacer el jugador de manos que desaparezcan a vista de ojos las cosas que maneja.
- 2Robar o quitar una cosa con agilidad y astucia.
- 3Hacer desaparecer, quitar de en medio de un modo arbitrario o ilusorio algún asunto o dificultad.
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.