escritura

/[eskɾiˈt̪uɾa]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,049

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

escritura is aSpanishnoun. It means: Sistema de representación gráfica de una lengua, por medio de signos grabados o dibujados. Pronounced [eskɾiˈt̪uɾa]. It ranks #3,049 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with escultura and escrita.

Key facts for escritura
PropertyValue
Headwordescritura
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[eskɾiˈt̪uɾa]
Letters9
Frequency rank#3,049
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for escritura is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [eskɾiˈt̪uɾa]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,049 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for escritura, with forms such as "ecsritura", "esccritura", and "escirtura". 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, "escultura", "escrita", "escritor", 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 escritura, spelled E-S-C-R-I-T-U-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sistema de representación gráfica de una lengua, por medio de signos grabados o dibujados.
  2. 2
    Documento que se archiva para consulta pública y que ha sido firmado por un notario.
  3. 3
    El acto y resultado de escribir.
  4. 4
    Forma de trazar o dibujar los signos de la escritura₁.
  5. 5
    El arte de escribir.
  6. 6
    Todo papel, nota, carta o documento escrito.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ecsritura,esccritura,escirtura,escritrua,escrittura,escrituar,escriturra,escriutra,escrritura,escrtiura,esrcitura,esscritura,secritura

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for escritura

Misspelling Variants of "escritura"

ecsritura9esccritura10escirtura9escritrua9escrittura10escrituar9escriturra10escriutra9
Misspelling Variants of "escritura"

Frequency rank: #3,049 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "escritura"?
"escritura" is spelled E-S-C-R-I-T-U-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [eskɾiˈt̪uɾa].
What does "escritura" mean?
As a noun, "escritura" means: Sistema de representación gráfica de una lengua, por medio de signos grabados o dibujados.
What words are commonly confused with "escritura"?
"escritura" is commonly confused with "escultura", "escrita", "escritor". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "escritura"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "escritura" is [eskɾiˈt̪uɾa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "escritura" come from?
"escritura" 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.