escribirse

/[eskɾiˈβ̞iɾse]/ verb

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#36,563

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

17

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

escribirse is aSpanishverb. It means: Mantener correspondencia con alguien, mantener comunicación por escrito con alguien. Pronounced [eskɾiˈβ̞iɾse]. Often confused with escribís and escribiste.

Key facts for escribirse
PropertyValue
Headwordescribirse
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[eskɾiˈβ̞iɾse]
Letters10
Frequency rank#36,563
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for escribirse is 10 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [eskɾiˈβ̞iɾse]. Corpus data places it at rank #36,563 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Mantener correspondencia con alguien, mantener comunicación por escrito con alguien.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 17 documented wrong-spelling variants for escribirse, with forms such as "ecsribirse", "esccribirse", and "escirbirse". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "escribís", "escribiste", "escribir", and more, 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 escribirse, spelled E-S-C-R-I-B-I-R-S-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mantener correspondencia con alguien, mantener comunicación por escrito con alguien.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ecsribirse,esccribirse,escirbirse,escrbiirse,escribbirse,escribirce,escribires,escribirrse,escribirsse,escribisre,escribrise,escriibrse,escrivirse,escrribirse,esrcibirse,esscribirse,secribirse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for escribirse

Misspelling Variants of "escribirse"

ecsribirse10esccribirse11escirbirse10escrbiirse10escribbirse11escribirce10escribires10escribirrse11
Misspelling Variants of "escribirse"

Frequency rank: #36,563 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "escribirse"?
"escribirse" is spelled E-S-C-R-I-B-I-R-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is [eskɾiˈβ̞iɾse].
What does "escribirse" mean?
As a verb, "escribirse" means: Mantener correspondencia con alguien, mantener comunicación por escrito con alguien.
What words are commonly confused with "escribirse"?
"escribirse" is commonly confused with "escribís", "escribiste", "escribir". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "escribirse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "escribirse" is [eskɾiˈβ̞iɾse]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "escribirse" come from?
"escribirse" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.