escoba

/[esˈkoβ̞a]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#18,535

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

escoba is aSpanishnoun. It means: Instrumento de limpieza utilizado para remover del piso, el polvo y basura en general. Esta compuesto por un palo en cuyo extremo se encuentra un haz de fibras. Pronounced [esˈkoβ̞a]. Often confused with estaba and esposa.

Key facts for escoba
PropertyValue
Headwordescoba
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[esˈkoβ̞a]
Letters6
Frequency rank#18,535
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of escoba in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for escoba is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [esˈkoβ̞a]. Corpus data places it at rank #18,535 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for escoba, with forms such as "ecsoba", "escboa", and "esccoba". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "estaba", "esposa", "escoge", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is escoba, spelled E-S-C-O-B-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Instrumento de limpieza utilizado para remover del piso, el polvo y basura en general. Esta compuesto por un palo en cuyo extremo se encuentra un haz de fibras.
  2. 2
    Juego de naipes con baraja española en el que dos jugadores intentan llevarse las cartas de la mesa formando combinaciones que sumen exactamante quince puntos entre la carta que se juega de la mano y una o más cartas que haya en la mesa.
  3. 3
    En el juego de la escoba, acción de llevarse todas las cartas que hay en la mesa, cuando todas, incluyendo la carta jugada, suman exactamente quince puntos.
  4. 4
    Nombre común de varios arbustos con cuyas ramas se hacía el instrumento de limpieza.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ecsoba,escboa,esccoba,escoab,escobba,escova,esocba,esscoba,secoba

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for escoba

Misspelling Variants of "escoba"

ecsoba6escboa6esccoba7escoab6escobba7escova6esocba6esscoba7
Misspelling Variants of "escoba"

Frequency rank: #18,535 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "escoba"?
"escoba" is spelled E-S-C-O-B-A. The IPA pronunciation is [esˈkoβ̞a].
What does "escoba" mean?
As a noun, "escoba" means: Instrumento de limpieza utilizado para remover del piso, el polvo y basura en general. Esta compuesto por un palo en cuyo extremo se encuentra un haz de fibras.
What words are commonly confused with "escoba"?
"escoba" is commonly confused with "estaba", "esposa", "escoge". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "escoba"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "escoba" is [esˈkoβ̞a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "escoba" come from?
"escoba" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.