escritorio

/[eskɾiˈt̪oɾjo]/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,504

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

escritorio is aSpanishnoun. It means: Mueble cerrado, con divisiones en su parte interior para guardar papeles y, a veces, con un tablero sobre el cual se escribe. Pronounced [eskɾiˈt̪oɾjo]. It ranks #5,504 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with escritorios and escritor.

Key facts for escritorio
PropertyValue
Headwordescritorio
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[eskɾiˈt̪oɾjo]
Letters10
Frequency rank#5,504
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for escritorio is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [eskɾiˈt̪oɾjo]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,504 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for escritorio, with forms such as "ecsritorio", "esccritorio", and "escirtorio". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "escritorios", "escritor", "escritora", 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 escritorio, spelled E-S-C-R-I-T-O-R-I-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mueble cerrado, con divisiones en su parte interior para guardar papeles y, a veces, con un tablero sobre el cual se escribe.
  2. 2
    Lugar de acceso rápido a lo que se deje en el mismo en un sistema operativo de computadora de escritorio.
  3. 3
    Aposento donde tienen su despacho los hombres de negocios; como los banqueros, los notarios, los comerciantes, etc.
  4. 4
    Mesa en dicho aposento₃.
  5. 5
    Mueble de madera, comúnmente con embutidos de marfil, concha u otros adornos de taracea, y con gavetas o cajones pequeños para guardar joyas.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ecsritorio,esccritorio,escirtorio,escriotrio,escritoiro,escritoroi,escritorrio,escritroio,escrittorio,escrritorio,escrtiorio,esrcitorio,esscritorio,secritorio

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for escritorio

Misspelling Variants of "escritorio"

ecsritorio10esccritorio11escirtorio10escriotrio10escritoiro10escritoroi10escritorrio11escritroio10
Misspelling Variants of "escritorio"

Frequency rank: #5,504 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "escritorio"?
"escritorio" is spelled E-S-C-R-I-T-O-R-I-O. The IPA pronunciation is [eskɾiˈt̪oɾjo].
What does "escritorio" mean?
As a noun, "escritorio" means: Mueble cerrado, con divisiones en su parte interior para guardar papeles y, a veces, con un tablero sobre el cual se escribe.
What words are commonly confused with "escritorio"?
"escritorio" is commonly confused with "escritorios", "escritor", "escritora". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "escritorio"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "escritorio" is [eskɾiˈt̪oɾjo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "escritorio" come from?
"escritorio" 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.