escurridizo
[eskuriˈð̞iso]
The verdict
“escurridizo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #70,244 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,244
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que se escurre o desliza fácilmente.
Corpus desk
Index ES-escurridizo · escurridizo · Spanish
escurridizo · rank #70,244 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,244
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH escribieran
Nearest frequency peer: escribieran (-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 “escurridizo”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- equiparables
equiparables
29,762 corpus weight
- escarpada
escarpada
29,761 corpus weight
- escribieran
escribieran
29,758 corpus weight
- escurridizo
escurridizo
29,757 corpus weight
- esfuercen
esfuercen
29,756 corpus weight
- especificaba
especificaba
29,754 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “escurridizo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | escurridizo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [eskuriˈð̞iso] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #70,244 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “escurridizo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
escurridizo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #70,244 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [eskuriˈð̞iso]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
escurridizo has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is escurridizo, spelled E-S-C-U-R-R-I-D-I-Z-O.
Definition
- 1Que se escurre o desliza fácilmente.
- 2Propio para hacer deslizar o escurrir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how escurridizo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
«Un bulto blanco, escurridizo, se le deslizó entre las piernas, a tiempo que exhalaba un grito».
«Según la naturaleza de la cimentación, interesan unas pruebas más que otras. No son lo mismo una cimentación sobre pilotes flotantes o por grandes cajones (caissons) sumergibles, o por exclusa de aire en terreno anegadizo, o para bloques soporte de máquinas que dan lugar a transmisión de vibraciones o para asiento de terraplenes y diques de tierra sobre…
Synonyms
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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