escurrir
[eskuˈriɾ]
The verdict
“escurrir” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #62,301 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #62,301
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Extraer o tomarse lo que queda de un líquido en un recipiente.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | escurrir |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [eskuˈriɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #62,301 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “escurrir” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for escurrir is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [eskuˈriɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #62,301 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
escurrir has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is escurrir, spelled E-S-C-U-R-R-I-R.
Definition
- 1Extraer o tomarse lo que queda de un líquido en un recipiente.
- 2Sacar parte del líquido que empapaba algo, especialmente una tela, retorciéndola, haciendo presión, etc.
- 3Hacer un recorrido o reconocimiento de un terreno o área.
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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Using “escurrir”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-S-C-U-R-R-I-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [eskuˈriɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.