escorpión

Name: escorpión, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[eskoɾˈpjõn]

/[eskoɾˈpjõn]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“escorpión” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #22,687. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,687
frequency rank, Spanish: 5,243
“E” headwords: 13
tracked misspellings: 2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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...

Corpus desk

Index ES-escorpion · escorpión · Spanish

escorpión · rank #22,687 · 13 variants · 2 confusables

FREQ-MID #22,687
LEN-LONG 9 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
VAR-HIGH 13 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,243
PHOTO-FINISH escapando

Nearest frequency peer: escapando (-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.

enzimas

77,318
equitativo

77,317
equivalencia

77,316
escapando

77,315
escorpión

77,314
eucaristía

77,311

What this shows “escorpión” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

escorpión vs escorpiones

73% similar

escorpión vs Escorpio

67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for escorpión
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)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “escorpión”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).escorpióncae aquí:

#22,687

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “escapando” (#22,686), “equivalencia” (#22,685), “equitativo” (#22,684). Entre 5,243 lemas con “E”, “escorpión” va en #22,687. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around escorpión (IPA [eskoɾˈpjõn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,687 among 5,243 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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
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
Látigo de varias colas, cada una de ellas rematada por un gancho, que se usaba como instrumento de tortura
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

alacrán

This word in other languages

scorpion(English)scorpion(Français)Skorpion(Deutsch)escorpião(Português)

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.

Edit distance from "escorpión"

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.

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?

"escorpión" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "escorpión", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

escapando#22,686 fotógrafa#22,702 fragancia#22,704 franqueza#22,705

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

eucaristía13 variants desarrollen13 variants denominar13 variants dedicamos13 variants