escatimar
[eskat̪iˈmaɾ]
The verdict
“escatimar” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #67,712 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #67,712
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dar o usar lo menos posible, o solo lo imprescindible, algún recurso.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | escatimar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [eskat̪iˈmaɾ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #67,712 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “escatimar” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for escatimar is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [eskat̪iˈmaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #67,712 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.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for escatimar, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is escatimar, spelled E-S-C-A-T-I-M-A-R.
Definition
- 1Dar o usar lo menos posible, o solo lo imprescindible, algún recurso.
- 2Adulterar y depravar el sentido de las palabras y de los escritos, torciéndolos e interpretándolos maliciosamente.
- 3Observar o rastrear cuidadosamente.
Synonyms
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 “escatimar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-S-C-A-T-I-M-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [eskat̪iˈmaɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.