escupe

/[esˈkupe]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#29,637

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

escupe is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de escupir. Pronounced [esˈkupe]. Often confused with estuve and escusa.

Key facts for escupe
PropertyValue
Headwordescupe
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[esˈkupe]
Letters6
Frequency rank#29,637
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for escupe is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [esˈkupe]. Corpus data places it at rank #29,637 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for escupe, with forms such as "ecsupe", "esccupe", and "escpue". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "estuve", "escusa", "escupir", 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 escupe, spelled E-S-C-U-P-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de escupir.
  2. 2
    Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de escupir.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ecsupe,esccupe,escpue,escuep,escuppe,esscupe,esucpe,secupe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for escupe

Misspelling Variants of "escupe"

ecsupe6esccupe7escpue6escuep6escuppe7esscupe7esucpe6secupe6
Misspelling Variants of "escupe"

Frequency rank: #29,637 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "escupe"?
"escupe" is spelled E-S-C-U-P-E. The IPA pronunciation is [esˈkupe].
What does "escupe" mean?
As a verb, "escupe" means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de escupir.
What words are commonly confused with "escupe"?
"escupe" is commonly confused with "estuve", "escusa", "escupir". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "escupe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "escupe" is [esˈkupe]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "escupe" come from?
"escupe" 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.