esquela
[esˈkela]
The verdict
“esquela” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #75,421 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,421
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Aviso en los periódicos, publicado por los familiares de una persona muerta para dar a conocer de su reciente fallecimiento, incluyendo el lugar y hora donde será velado o enterrado (o cremado).;2:...
Corpus desk
Index ES-esquela · esquela · Spanish
esquela · rank #75,421 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,421
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH estanciero
Nearest frequency peer: estanciero (+2 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 “esquela”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- espaciosos
espaciosos
24,584 corpus weight
- espantos
espantos
24,583 corpus weight
- esquela
esquela
24,580 corpus weight
- estanciero
estanciero
24,578 corpus weight
- estereotipa…
estereotipados
24,577 corpus weight
- estrechado
estrechado
24,575 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “esquela” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | esquela |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [esˈkela] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #75,421 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “esquela” en español
Rare enough to double-check
esquela is uncommon Spanish at frequency #75,421 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [esˈkela]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for esquela in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is esquela, spelled E-S-Q-U-E-L-A.
Definition
- 1Aviso en los periódicos, publicado por los familiares de una persona muerta para dar a conocer de su reciente fallecimiento, incluyendo el lugar y hora donde será velado o enterrado (o cremado).;2: Papel impreso o litografiado que se usa para comunicar citas, invitaciones o ciertas noticias.
- 2Carta breve que antes solía cerrarse en figura casi triangular.
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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