esclusa
[esˈklusa]
The verdict
“esclusa” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #60,011 among 101,141 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,011
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 101,141
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sección de un canal navegable, que cerrada con compuertas permite el pasaje entre dos cuerpos de agua a niveles distintos.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | esclusa |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [esˈklusa] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #60,011 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “esclusa” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
esclusa is uncommon Spanish at frequency #60,011 among 101,141 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [esˈklusa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sección de un canal navegable, que cerrada con compuertas permite el pasaje entre dos cuerpos de agua a niveles distintos.".
esclusa doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is esclusa, spelled E-S-C-L-U-S-A.
Definition
- 1Sección de un canal navegable, que cerrada con compuertas permite el pasaje entre dos cuerpos de agua a niveles distintos.
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 “esclusa”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-S-C-L-U-S-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [esˈklusa] (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
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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.