escaramuza
[eskaɾaˈmusa]
The verdict
“escaramuza” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #42,426 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #42,426
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 10
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Combate militar de escasa importancia, especialmente aquel en el que luchan las avanzadillas (grupo de soldados que va adelante del cuerpo principal) de los ejércitos.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | escaramuza |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [eskaɾaˈmusa] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #42,426 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “escaramuza” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for escaramuza is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [eskaɾaˈmusa]. Corpus data places it at rank #42,426 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for escaramuza, with forms such as "ecsaramuza", "esacramuza", and "escaarmuza". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "escaramuzas", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 escaramuza, spelled E-S-C-A-R-A-M-U-Z-A.
Definition
- 1Combate militar de escasa importancia, especialmente aquel en el que luchan las avanzadillas (grupo de soldados que va adelante del cuerpo principal) de los ejércitos.
- 2Pelea, altercado o riña de poca importancia.
- 3Tipo de enfrentamiento entre combatientes a caballo que acometen y huyen por turnos, picando y evadiendo al contrario de un lado a otro.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ecsaramuza,esacramuza,escaarmuza,escarammuza,escaramuaz,escaramuzza,escaramzua,escaraumza,escarmauza,escarramuza,esccaramuza,escraamuza,esscaramuza,secaramuza
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of escaramuza - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “escaramuza”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-S-C-A-R-A-M-U-Z-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [eskaɾaˈmusa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “escaramuzas” - see the side-by-side comparison. escaramuza vs escaramuzas
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.