escurrir
[eskuˈriɾ]
The verdict
“escurrir” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #62,301 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,301
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Extraer o tomarse lo que queda de un líquido en un recipiente.
Corpus desk
Index ES-escurrir · escurrir · Spanish
escurrir · rank #62,301 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,301
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH escribamos
Nearest frequency peer: escribamos (-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 “escurrir”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- escogiste
escogiste
37,702 corpus weight
- escribamos
escribamos
37,701 corpus weight
- escurrir
escurrir
37,700 corpus weight
- esforzaba
esforzaba
37,699 corpus weight
- esforzar
esforzar
37,698 corpus weight
- esmerada
esmerada
37,697 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “escurrir” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cola larga: rango de “escurrir” en español
Rare enough to double-check
escurrir is uncommon Spanish at frequency #62,301 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [eskuˈriɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
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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