esgrimir
[esɣ̞ɾiˈmiɾ]
The verdict
“esgrimir” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #67,717 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,717
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Jugar o manejar la espada, el sable y otras armas blancas, reparando y deteniendo los golpes del contrario, o acometiéndole.
Corpus desk
Index ES-esgrimir · esgrimir · Spanish
esgrimir · rank #67,717 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,717
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH esgrimen
Nearest frequency peer: esgrimen (-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 “esgrimir”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- esclavizada
esclavizada
32,288 corpus weight
- escribiremos
escribiremos
32,286 corpus weight
- esgrimen
esgrimen
32,285 corpus weight
- esgrimir
esgrimir
32,284 corpus weight
- esmaltado
esmaltado
32,283 corpus weight
- Espanya
Espanya
32,282 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “esgrimir” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | esgrimir |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [esɣ̞ɾiˈmiɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #67,717 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “esgrimir” en español
Rare enough to double-check
esgrimir is uncommon Spanish at frequency #67,717 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [esɣ̞ɾiˈmiɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for esgrimir, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is esgrimir, spelled E-S-G-R-I-M-I-R.
Definition
- 1Jugar o manejar la espada, el sable y otras armas blancas, reparando y deteniendo los golpes del contrario, o acometiéndole.
- 2Usar una cosa como arma, para atacar, defenderse o lograr algún objetivo; proponer y defender un argumento.
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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