escorpión
[eskoɾˈpjõn]
The verdict
“escorpión” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #22,687 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #22,687
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Orden Scorpiones) Cualquiera de unas 1500 especies de arácnidos caracterizados por dos fuertes pinzas, cuerpo alargado y dividido en dos secciones segmentadas, de las cuales la posterior está rema...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | escorpión |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [eskoɾˈpjõn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #22,687 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “escorpión” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for escorpión is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [eskoɾˈpjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #22,687 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 generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for escorpión, with forms such as "ecsorpión", "esccorpión", and "escoprión". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "escorpiones", "Escorpio", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is escorpión, spelled E-S-C-O-R-P-I-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1(Orden Scorpiones) Cualquiera de unas 1500 especies de arácnidos caracterizados por dos fuertes pinzas, cuerpo alargado y dividido en dos secciones segmentadas, de las cuales la posterior está rematada por un aguijón venenoso. Son predadores nocturnos, predominantemente insectívoros, aunque el veneno de algunas especies es peligroso aún para el ser humano
- 2Antigua máquina de guerra, que debió su nombre a unas tenazas parecidas a las del escorpión₁, con que agarraba las piedras o dardos que arrojaba para el ataque y defensa de plazas
- 3Látigo de varias colas, cada una de ellas rematada por un gancho, que se usaba como instrumento de tortura
- 4Jugada de fútbol consistente en saltar hacia delante con el cuerpo horizontal y, estando en el aire, golpear la pelota con los dos talones o suelas
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ecsorpión,esccorpión,escoprión,escoripón,escorpinó,escorpiónn,escorppión,escorpóin,escorrpión,escropión,esocrpión,esscorpión,secorpión
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of escorpión - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “escorpión”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-S-C-O-R-P-I-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [eskoɾˈpjõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “escorpiones” - see the side-by-side comparison. escorpión vs escorpiones
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.