escoltar
[eskol̪ˈt̪aɾ]
The verdict
“escoltar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #57,742 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,742
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acompañar a algo o a alguien durante su recorrido, protegiéndolo de posibles amenazas durante el mismo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-escoltar · escoltar · Spanish
escoltar · rank #57,742 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,742
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH escogimos
Nearest frequency peer: escogimos (-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 “escoltar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- escabullirse
escabullirse
42,262 corpus weight
- escapamos
escapamos
42,261 corpus weight
- escogimos
escogimos
42,260 corpus weight
- escoltar
escoltar
42,259 corpus weight
- escondí
escondí
42,258 corpus weight
- esculpida
esculpida
42,257 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “escoltar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | escoltar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [eskol̪ˈt̪aɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #57,742 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “escoltar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
escoltar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #57,742 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [eskol̪ˈt̪aɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for escoltar in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is escoltar, spelled E-S-C-O-L-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1Acompañar a algo o a alguien durante su recorrido, protegiéndolo de posibles amenazas durante el mismo.
- 2Escoltar₁, pero como señal de respeto, sin que medie ninguna posible amenaza.
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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