escindir
[esĩn̪ˈd̪iɾ]
The verdict
“escindir” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Separar o dividir en dos o más partes de importancia similar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-escindir · escindir · Spanish
escindir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | escindir |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [esĩn̪ˈd̪iɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “escindir” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
escindir is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [esĩn̪ˈd̪iɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for escindir, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is escindir, spelled E-S-C-I-N-D-I-R.
Definition
- 1Separar o dividir en dos o más partes de importancia similar.
- 2Dividir el núcleo atómico en dos partes, relativamente iguales, liberando energía.
- 3Dividir una sociedad comercial en dos o más preexistentes o de nueva creación. Sólo pueden escindirse las sociedades anónimas, aunque las beneficiarias pueden ser cualquier otro tipo de sociedades.
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