escardar
[eskaɾˈð̞aɾ]
The verdict
“escardar” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Remover mecánicamente las malas hierbas de un sembrado.
Corpus desk
Index ES-escardar · escardar · Spanish
escardar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | escardar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [eskaɾˈð̞aɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “escardar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
escardar is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [eskaɾˈð̞aɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for escardar, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is escardar, spelled E-S-C-A-R-D-A-R.
Definition
- 1Remover mecánicamente las malas hierbas de un sembrado.
- 2Por extensión y figuradamente, separar lo bueno de lo malo.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how escardar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Escardar o sallar son segun tierras diferentes maneras de nombres: por que cada suerte de gente tiene diferentes vocablos la significacion toda es vna por que esta no se puede variar. quiere dezir limpiar lo sembrado de malas yeruas.
trabajaría por parecerme al hortelano que porque crezcan y medren las buenas yerbas que él siembra y planta, anda de continuo escardando las malas que de suyo se nacen.
This word in other languages
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.