escavar
[eskaˈβ̞aɾ]
The verdict
“escavar” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hacer un hueco poco profundo en la tierra para quitar la maleza.
Corpus desk
Index ES-escavar · escavar · Spanish
escavar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | escavar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [eskaˈβ̞aɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “escavar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
escavar is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [eskaˈβ̞aɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hacer un hueco poco profundo en la tierra para quitar la maleza.".
Zero misspellings are on record for escavar in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is escavar, spelled E-S-C-A-V-A-R.
Definition
- 1Hacer un hueco poco profundo en la tierra para quitar la maleza.
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.