escuálido
[esˈkwalið̞o]
The verdict
“escuálido” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #69,371 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,371
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - De aspecto extraordinariamente delgado o debilitado.
Corpus desk
Index ES-escualido · escuálido · Spanish
escuálido · rank #69,371 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,371
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH escultórica
Nearest frequency peer: escultórica (-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 “escuálido”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- escalonados
escalonados
30,633 corpus weight
- escultórica
escultórica
30,631 corpus weight
- escuálido
escuálido
30,630 corpus weight
- esmerado
esmerado
30,629 corpus weight
- esperanzado…
esperanzadora
30,628 corpus weight
- espuela
espuela
30,627 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “escuálido” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | escuálido |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [esˈkwalið̞o] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #69,371 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “escuálido” en español
Rare enough to double-check
escuálido is uncommon Spanish at frequency #69,371 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [esˈkwalið̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for escuálido, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is escuálido, spelled E-S-C-U-Á-L-I-D-O.
Definition
- 1De aspecto extraordinariamente delgado o debilitado.
- 2Por extensión, que presenta un estado deteriorado por el abandono o falta de cuidado.
- 3Sucio, asqueroso.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how escuálido appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Por encima de estas escombreras pasan continuamente volquetes con tres y cuatro mulas, rebaños de cabras escuálidas, burros blanquecinos, chiquillos harapientos, parejas de golfos que se retiran a filosofar lejos del bullicio del pueblo, mendigos que toman el sol y perros vagabundos.
Todo aquello era una farsa lúgubre que oprimía el corazón, y don Pablo que la presidía, el infeliz D. Pablo, escuálido, ojeroso, amarillo, trémulo, parecía haber salido de la sepultura y esperar el canto del gallo para volverse a ella.
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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