espantapájaros

Name: espantapájaros, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[espãn̪t̪aˈpaxaɾos]

/[espãn̪t̪aˈpaxaɾos]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“espantapájaros” has 21 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #42,995. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,995
frequency rank, Spanish: 5,243
“E” headwords: 21
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Muñeco de paja vestido de hombre, ubicado comunmente entre las plantaciones. Su función es espantar las aves para que no se coman la cosecha.

Corpus desk

Index ES-espantapajaros · espantapájaros · Spanish

espantapájaros · rank #42,995 · 21 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #42,995
LEN-MEGA 14 letters
VOW-6 6 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-HIGH 21 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,243
PHOTO-FINISH esguince

Nearest frequency peer: esguince (-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.

escondieron

57,009
escuchame

57,008
esguince

57,007
espantapája…

57,006
esperaremos

57,005
estallan

57,004

What this shows “espantapájaros” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Key facts for espantapájaros
Property	Value
Headword	espantapájaros
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[espãn̪t̪aˈpaxaɾos]
Letters	14
Frequency rank	#42,995
Misspellings tracked	21
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “espantapájaros”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).espantapájaroscae aquí:

#42,995

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “esguince” (#42,994), “esperaremos” (#42,996), “escuchame” (#42,993). Entre 5,243 lemas con “E”, “espantapájaros” va en #42,995. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 21 spelling variants around espantapájaros (IPA [espãn̪t̪aˈpaxaɾos]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,995 among 5,243 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 21 likely wrong-spelling variants for espantapájaros, with forms such as "epsantapájaros", "esapntapájaros", and "espanatpájaros". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is espantapájaros, spelled E-S-P-A-N-T-A-P-Á-J-A-R-O-S.

Definition

1
Muñeco de paja vestido de hombre, ubicado comunmente entre las plantaciones. Su función es espantar las aves para que no se coman la cosecha.
2
(Lolium temulentum) ...

Synonyms

espantajo cizañajoyo

This word in other languages

scarecrow(English)épouvantail(Français)Vogelscheuche(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

epsantapájaros
esapntapájaros
espanatpájaros
espanntapájaros
espantapjáaros
espantappájaros
espantapáajros
espantapájaors
espantapájaross
espantapájarros
espantapájarso
espantapájjaros
espantapájraos
espantaápjaros
espantpaájaros
espanttapájaros
espatnapájaros
espnatapájaros
esppantapájaros
esspantapájaros
sepantapájaros

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of espantapájaros - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "espantapájaros"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "espantapájaros"?

"espantapájaros" is spelled E-S-P-A-N-T-A-P-Á-J-A-R-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [espãn̪t̪aˈpaxaɾos].

What does "espantapájaros" mean?

As a noun, "espantapájaros" means: Muñeco de paja vestido de hombre, ubicado comunmente entre las plantaciones. Su función es espantar las aves para que no se coman la cosecha.

What are common misspellings of "espantapájaros"?

Common misspellings include "epsantapájaros", "esapntapájaros", "espanatpájaros", "espanntapájaros", "espantapjáaros". The correct spelling is "espantapájaros".

How do you pronounce "espantapájaros"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "espantapájaros" is [espãn̪t̪aˈpaxaɾos]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "espantapájaros" come from?

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "espantapájaros", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

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