escoria

/[esˈkoɾja]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#14,838

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

escoria is aSpanishnoun. It means: Sustancia vítrea que sobrenada en el crisol de los hornos de fundir metales, que emana de los residuos. Pronounced [esˈkoɾja]. Often confused with escort and estaría.

Key facts for escoria
PropertyValue
Headwordescoria
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[esˈkoɾja]
Letters7
Frequency rank#14,838
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for escoria is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [esˈkoɾja]. Corpus data places it at rank #14,838 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 escoria, with forms such as "ecsoria", "esccoria", and "escoira". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "escort", "estaría", "escrita", 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 escoria, spelled E-S-C-O-R-I-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sustancia vítrea que sobrenada en el crisol de los hornos de fundir metales, que emana de los residuos.
  2. 2
    Fragmentos que suelta el hierro cendente a los martillazos.
  3. 3
    Lava viscosa y permeable que segregan los volcanes.
  4. 4
    Cosa o persona vil y detestable.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ecsoria,esccoria,escoira,escorai,escorria,escroia,esocria,esscoria,secoria

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for escoria

Misspelling Variants of "escoria"

ecsoria7esccoria8escoira7escorai7escorria8escroia7esocria7esscoria8
Misspelling Variants of "escoria"

Frequency rank: #14,838 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "escoria"?
"escoria" is spelled E-S-C-O-R-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [esˈkoɾja].
What does "escoria" mean?
As a noun, "escoria" means: Sustancia vítrea que sobrenada en el crisol de los hornos de fundir metales, que emana de los residuos.
What words are commonly confused with "escoria"?
"escoria" is commonly confused with "escort", "estaría", "escrita". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "escoria"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "escoria" is [esˈkoɾja]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "escoria" come from?
"escoria" 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.