escobilla

/[eskoˈβ̞iʝa]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#91,913

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

escobilla is aSpanishnoun. It means: Cepillo pequeño usado para limpiar. Pronounced [eskoˈβ̞iʝa].

Key facts for escobilla
PropertyValue
Headwordescobilla
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[eskoˈβ̞iʝa]
Letters9
Frequency rank#91,913
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for escobilla is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [eskoˈβ̞iʝa]. Corpus data places it at rank #91,913 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for escobilla in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 escobilla, spelled E-S-C-O-B-I-L-L-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cepillo pequeño usado para limpiar.
  2. 2
    Utensilio diseñado para la limpieza del interior del inodoro.
  3. 3
    En ciertos motores de corriente continua, haz de hilos de cobre que mantienen el contacto eléctrico entre el rotor y el estator mientras el motor está girando.
  4. 4
    Otras piezas de distinta forma o material que se usan en los motores con el mismo fin.
  5. 5
    Tierra y polvo que se barre en las oficinas donde se trabaja la plata y el oro, y que contiene algunas partículas de estos metales.
  6. 6
    Planta pequeña, especie de brezo, de donde se fabrican escobas.
  7. 7
    Cardencha.
  8. 8
    Mazorca del cardo silvestre, que sirve para cardar la seda.
  9. 9
    Mala hierba de tallo subleñoso que crece en los cultivos, utilizada como infusión en la medicina popular para combatir la diarrea infantil.

Synonyms

Frequency rank: #91,913 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "escobilla"?
"escobilla" is spelled E-S-C-O-B-I-L-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is [eskoˈβ̞iʝa].
What does "escobilla" mean?
As a noun, "escobilla" means: Cepillo pequeño usado para limpiar.
How do you pronounce "escobilla"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "escobilla" is [eskoˈβ̞iʝa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "escobilla" come from?
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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.