escribanía

[eskɾiβ̞aˈnia]

/[eskɾiβ̞aˈnia]/ noun

The verdict

“escribanía” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #76,309 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.

#76,309
frequency rank, Spanish
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Oficio que ejercen los escribanos públicos.

Key facts for escribanía
PropertyValue
Headwordescribanía
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[eskɾiβ̞aˈnia]
Letters10
Frequency rank#76,309
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “escribanía” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). escribanía lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for escribanía is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [eskɾiβ̞aˈnia]. Corpus data places it at rank #76,309 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for escribanía, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is escribanía, spelled E-S-C-R-I-B-A-N-Í-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Oficio que ejercen los escribanos públicos.
  2. 2
    Aposento donde el escribano tiene su despacho, y donde están los protocolos y demás papeles pertenecientes a su oficio.
  3. 3
    Oficio u oficina del secretario judicial, a quien vulgarmente se sigue denominando como de antiguo en los juzgados de primera instancia e instrucción.
  4. 4
    Escritorio (mueble).
  5. 5
    Recado de escribir, generalmente compuesto de tintero, salvadera y otras piezas, y colocado en un pie o platillo.
  6. 6
    Caja portátil que traían pendiente de una cinta los escribanos y los niños de la escuela, en que había un estuche para las plumas y un tintero con su tapa.
  7. 7
    Notaría.

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 "escribanía"?
"escribanía" is spelled E-S-C-R-I-B-A-N-Í-A. The IPA pronunciation is [eskɾiβ̞aˈnia].
What does "escribanía" mean?
As a noun, "escribanía" means: Oficio que ejercen los escribanos públicos.
How do you pronounce "escribanía"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "escribanía" is [eskɾiβ̞aˈnia]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "escribanía" come from?
"escribanía" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “escribanía”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is E-S-C-R-I-B-A-N-Í-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [eskɾiβ̞aˈnia] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • 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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list