escotilla
[eskoˈt̪iʝa]
The verdict
“escotilla” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #58,487 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,487
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abertura grande, cuadrada o rectangular que se deja en varios puntos de las crujías de todas las cubiertas, para bajar a las inferiores e introducir y extraer efectos de armamento o carga. Toma el ...
Corpus desk
Index ES-escotilla · escotilla · Spanish
escotilla · rank #58,487 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,487
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH esbozos
Nearest frequency peer: esbozos (-2 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 “escotilla”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- erizos
erizos
41,518 corpus weight
- esbozar
esbozar
41,517 corpus weight
- esbozos
esbozos
41,516 corpus weight
- escotilla
escotilla
41,514 corpus weight
- esforzaron
esforzaron
41,512 corpus weight
- esfuérzate
esfuérzate
41,510 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “escotilla” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | escotilla |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [eskoˈt̪iʝa] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #58,487 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “escotilla” en español
Rare enough to double-check
escotilla is uncommon Spanish at frequency #58,487 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [eskoˈt̪iʝa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Abertura grande, cuadrada o rectangular que se deja en varios puntos de las crujías de todas las cubiertas, para bajar a las inferiores e introducir y extraer efectos de armamento o carga. Toma el ...".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for escotilla, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is escotilla, spelled E-S-C-O-T-I-L-L-A.
Definition
- 1Abertura grande, cuadrada o rectangular que se deja en varios puntos de las crujías de todas las cubiertas, para bajar a las inferiores e introducir y extraer efectos de armamento o carga. Toma el nombre del paraje en que está situada; como escotilla mayor, escotilla de proa, de la despensa, etc.
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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Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).