escorpión

/[eskoɾˈpjõn]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#22,687

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

escorpión is aSpanishnoun. It means: (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... Pronounced [eskoɾˈpjõn]. Often confused with escorpiones and Escorpio.

Key facts for escorpión
PropertyValue
Headwordescorpión
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[eskoɾˈpjõn]
Letters9
Frequency rank#22,687
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for escorpión is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for escorpión, with forms such as "ecsorpión", "esccorpión", and "escoprión". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "escorpiones", "Escorpio", 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 escorpión, spelled E-S-C-O-R-P-I-Ó-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 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
  2. 2
    Antigua 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
  3. 3
    Látigo de varias colas, cada una de ellas rematada por un gancho, que se usaba como instrumento de tortura
  4. 4
    Jugada 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

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for escorpión

Misspelling Variants of "escorpión"

ecsorpión9esccorpión10escoprión9escoripón9escorpinó9escorpiónn10escorppión10escorpóin9
Misspelling Variants of "escorpión"

Frequency rank: #22,687 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "escorpión"?
"escorpión" is spelled E-S-C-O-R-P-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [eskoɾˈpjõn].
What does "escorpión" mean?
As a noun, "escorpión" means: (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...
What words are commonly confused with "escorpión"?
"escorpión" is commonly confused with "escorpiones", "Escorpio". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "escorpión"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "escorpión" is [eskoɾˈpjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "escorpión" come from?
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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.