escroto

/[esˈkɾot̪o]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#38,685

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

escroto is aSpanishnoun. It means: Bolsa que alberga los testículos en los genitales de los mamíferos Pronounced [esˈkɾot̪o]. Often confused with estrato and escueto.

Key facts for escroto
PropertyValue
Headwordescroto
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[esˈkɾot̪o]
Letters7
Frequency rank#38,685
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for escroto is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [esˈkɾot̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #38,685 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Bolsa que alberga los testículos en los genitales de los mamíferos".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for escroto, with forms such as "ecsroto", "esccroto", and "escorto". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "estrato", "escueto", "escote", 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 escroto, spelled E-S-C-R-O-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bolsa que alberga los testículos en los genitales de los mamíferos

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ecsroto,esccroto,escorto,escroot,escrotto,escrroto,escrtoo,esrcoto,esscroto,secroto

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for escroto

Misspelling Variants of "escroto"

ecsroto7esccroto8escorto7escroot7escrotto8escrroto8escrtoo7esrcoto7
Misspelling Variants of "escroto"

Frequency rank: #38,685 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "escroto"?
"escroto" is spelled E-S-C-R-O-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [esˈkɾot̪o].
What does "escroto" mean?
As a noun, "escroto" means: Bolsa que alberga los testículos en los genitales de los mamíferos
What words are commonly confused with "escroto"?
"escroto" is commonly confused with "estrato", "escueto", "escote". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "escroto"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "escroto" is [esˈkɾot̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "escroto" come from?
"escroto" 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.