escupa

[esˈkupa]

/[esˈkupa]/ verb

The verdict

“escupa” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #80,967 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,967
frequency rank, Spanish
5,243
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de escupir.

Corpus desk

Index ES-escupa · escupa · Spanish

escupa · rank #80,967 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,967
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,243
  • PHOTO-FINISH escuda

Nearest frequency peer: escuda (-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 “escupa”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “escupa” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for escupa
PropertyValue
Headwordescupa
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[esˈkupa]
Letters6
Frequency rank#80,967
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “escupa” en español

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).escupacae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “escuda” (#80,966), “espadaña” (#80,968), “esperéis” (#80,969). Entre 5,243 lemas con “E”, “escupa” va en #80,967. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

escupa is uncommon Spanish at frequency #80,967 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [esˈkupa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

escupa has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is escupa, spelled E-S-C-U-P-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de escupir.
  2. 2
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de escupir.
  3. 3
    Segunda persona del singular (usted) del imperativo de escupir.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "escupa"?
"escupa" is spelled E-S-C-U-P-A. The IPA pronunciation is [esˈkupa].
What does "escupa" mean?
As a verb, "escupa" means: Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de escupir.
How do you pronounce "escupa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "escupa" is [esˈkupa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "escupa" come from?
"escupa" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "escupa", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list