esclusa
[esˈklusa]
The verdict
“esclusa” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #60,011 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,011
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sección de un canal navegable, que cerrada con compuertas permite el pasaje entre dos cuerpos de agua a niveles distintos.
Corpus desk
Index ES-esclusa · esclusa · Spanish
esclusa · rank #60,011 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,011
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH escandalizan
Nearest frequency peer: escandalizan (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “esclusa”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- envidian
envidian
39,994 corpus weight
- erase
erase
39,993 corpus weight
- eris
eris
39,992 corpus weight
- escandalizan
escandalizan
39,991 corpus weight
- esclusa
esclusa
39,990 corpus weight
- esculpidos
esculpidos
39,988 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “esclusa” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cola larga: rango de “esclusa” en español
Rare enough to double-check
esclusa is uncommon Spanish at frequency #60,011 among 5,243 “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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