escarpado
[eskaɾˈpað̞o]
The verdict
“escarpado” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #71,891 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,891
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que tiene escarpa; que tiene gran inclinación o pendiente.
Corpus desk
Index ES-escarpado · escarpado · Spanish
escarpado · rank #71,891 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,891
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH escoltada
Nearest frequency peer: escoltada (+1 rank slots)
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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “escarpado”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- equitativos
equitativos
28,113 corpus weight
- erosionar
erosionar
28,112 corpus weight
- escarpado
escarpado
28,110 corpus weight
- escoltada
escoltada
28,109 corpus weight
- escribiese
escribiese
28,108 corpus weight
- escuchabas
escuchabas
28,107 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “escarpado” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | escarpado |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [eskaɾˈpað̞o] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #71,891 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “escarpado” en español
Rare enough to double-check
escarpado is uncommon Spanish at frequency #71,891 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [eskaɾˈpað̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for escarpado in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is escarpado, spelled E-S-C-A-R-P-A-D-O.
Definition
- 1Que tiene escarpa; que tiene gran inclinación o pendiente.
- 2Dícese de las alturas que no tienen subida ni bajada transitables o las tienen muy irregulares y peligrosas.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how escarpado appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Al final de sus estrechas calles, divisaban siempre las escarpadas montañas.
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); 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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