escudan
[esˈkuð̞ãn]
The verdict
“escudan” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #88,825 among 101,141 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,825
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 101,141
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de escudar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-escudan · escudan · Spanish
escudan · rank #88,825 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,825
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 101,141
- PHOTO-FINISH escabrosos
Nearest frequency peer: escabrosos (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “escudan”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- equivaler
equivaler
11,179 corpus weight
- erres
erres
11,178 corpus weight
- escabrosos
escabrosos
11,177 corpus weight
- escudan
escudan
11,176 corpus weight
- esmera
esmera
11,175 corpus weight
- especializo
especializo
11,174 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “escudan” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | escudan |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [esˈkuð̞ãn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #88,825 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “escudan” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
escudan is uncommon Spanish at frequency #88,825 among 101,141 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [esˈkuð̞ãn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de escudar.".
escudan doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is escudan, spelled E-S-C-U-D-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de escudar.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.