escarificar
[eskaɾifiˈkaɾ]
The verdict
“escarificar” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hacer incisiones en la piel para formar escaras con fines rituales o decorativos.
Corpus desk
Index ES-escarificar · escarificar · Spanish
escarificar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | escarificar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [eskaɾifiˈkaɾ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “escarificar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
escarificar is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [eskaɾifiˈkaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for escarificar, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is escarificar, spelled E-S-C-A-R-I-F-I-C-A-R.
Definition
- 1Hacer incisiones en la piel para formar escaras con fines rituales o decorativos.
- 2Hacer incisiones en la piel de poca profundidad con intenciones terapéuticas, por ejemplo para poner algunas vacunas o evacuar ciertos humores.
- 3Romper la superficie o costra de la tierra con el escarificador para iniciar las labores.
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.