Escobar

/[eskoˈβ̞aɾ]/ name

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,795

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

Escobar is aSpanishname. It means: Ciudad de la provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina, denominada oficialmente como Belén de Escobar, es cabecera del partido del mismo nombre. Su gentilicio es escobarense. Pronounced [eskoˈβ̞aɾ]. It ranks #8,795 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with escoja and escola.

Key facts for Escobar
PropertyValue
HeadwordEscobar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechName
IPA[eskoˈβ̞aɾ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#8,795
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for Escobar is 7 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [eskoˈβ̞aɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,795 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for Escobar, with forms such as "ecsobar", "escboar", and "esccobar". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "escoja", "escola", "Escolar", 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 Escobar, spelled E-S-C-O-B-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ciudad de la provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina, denominada oficialmente como Belén de Escobar, es cabecera del partido del mismo nombre. Su gentilicio es escobarense.
  2. 2
    Partido de la provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
  3. 3
    Apellido

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ecsobar,escboar,esccobar,escoabr,escobarr,escobbar,escobra,escovar,esocbar,esscobar,secobar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Escobar

Misspelling Variants of "Escobar"

ecsobar7escboar7esccobar8escoabr7escobarr8escobbar8escobra7escovar7
Misspelling Variants of "Escobar"

Frequency rank: #8,795 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Escobar"?
"Escobar" is spelled E-S-C-O-B-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [eskoˈβ̞aɾ].
What does "Escobar" mean?
As a name, "Escobar" means: Ciudad de la provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina, denominada oficialmente como Belén de Escobar, es cabecera del partido del mismo nombre. Su gentilicio es escobarense.
What words are commonly confused with "Escobar"?
"Escobar" is commonly confused with "escoja", "escola", "Escolar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Escobar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Escobar" is [eskoˈβ̞aɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Escobar" come from?
"Escobar" 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.