escarpado
[eskaɾˈpað̞o]
The verdict
“escarpado” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #71,891 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #71,891
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Que tiene escarpa; que tiene gran inclinación o pendiente.
| 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) |
Where “escarpado” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for escarpado is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [eskaɾˈpað̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #71,891 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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.
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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Using “escarpado”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-S-C-A-R-P-A-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [eskaɾˈpað̞o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.