escrúpulo
[esˈkɾupulo]
The verdict
“escrúpulo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #66,912 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,912
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Duda o recelo que trae inquietud o desasosiego sobre si una cosa es o no cierta, moral, justa, etc.
Corpus desk
Index ES-escrupulo · escrúpulo · Spanish
escrúpulo · rank #66,912 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,912
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH escogerá
Nearest frequency peer: escogerá (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “escrúpulo”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- equilibro
equilibro
33,092 corpus weight
- equina
equina
33,091 corpus weight
- escogerá
escogerá
33,090 corpus weight
- escrúpulo
escrúpulo
33,089 corpus weight
- escudriñar
escudriñar
33,088 corpus weight
- escuece
escuece
33,087 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “escrúpulo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | escrúpulo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [esˈkɾupulo] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #66,912 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “escrúpulo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
escrúpulo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #66,912 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [esˈkɾupulo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
escrúpulo doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is escrúpulo, spelled E-S-C-R-Ú-P-U-L-O.
Definition
- 1Duda o recelo que trae inquietud o desasosiego sobre si una cosa es o no cierta, moral, justa, etc.
- 2Asco o aprensión hacia alguna cosa, especialmente a los alimentos.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how escrúpulo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
«Una historia muy fea. Dijeron que se agenció un aventurero sin escrúpulos […], para que insultara en público a su yerno».
This word in other languages
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.
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