escándalo

/[esˈkãn̪d̪alo]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,332

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

escándalo is aSpanishnoun. It means: Turbación de la paz, alboroto, bullicio. Pronounced [esˈkãn̪d̪alo]. It ranks #4,332 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with escándalos and escandaloso.

Key facts for escándalo
PropertyValue
Headwordescándalo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[esˈkãn̪d̪alo]
Letters9
Frequency rank#4,332
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of escándalo in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for escándalo is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [esˈkãn̪d̪alo]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,332 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for escándalo, with forms such as "ecsándalo", "esccándalo", and "escnádalo". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "escándalos", "escandaloso", "escandalosa", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is escándalo, spelled E-S-C-Á-N-D-A-L-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Turbación de la paz, alboroto, bullicio.
  2. 2
    Situación que genera grandes polémicas.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ecsándalo,esccándalo,escnádalo,escádnalo,escánadlo,escándallo,escándaol,escánddalo,escándlao,escánndalo,esscándalo,esácndalo,secándalo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for escándalo

Misspelling Variants of "escándalo"

ecsándalo9esccándalo10escnádalo9escádnalo9escánadlo9escándallo10escándaol9escánddalo10
Misspelling Variants of "escándalo"

Frequency rank: #4,332 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "escándalo"?
"escándalo" is spelled E-S-C-Á-N-D-A-L-O. The IPA pronunciation is [esˈkãn̪d̪alo].
What does "escándalo" mean?
As a noun, "escándalo" means: Turbación de la paz, alboroto, bullicio.
What words are commonly confused with "escándalo"?
"escándalo" is commonly confused with "escándalos", "escandaloso", "escandalosa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "escándalo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "escándalo" is [esˈkãn̪d̪alo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "escándalo" come from?
"escándalo" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.