esquirla
[esˈkiɾla]
The verdict
“esquirla” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Astilla de hueso desprendida de éste por caries o por fractura.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | esquirla |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [esˈkiɾla] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “esquirla” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
esquirla is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [esˈkiɾla]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for esquirla in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is esquirla, spelled E-S-Q-U-I-R-L-A.
Definition
- 1Astilla de hueso desprendida de éste por caries o por fractura.
- 2Por extensión, astilla que se desprende de una piedra o cristal.
- 3Metralla (fragmento de un artefacto explosivo).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “esquirla”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-S-Q-U-I-R-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [esˈkiɾla] (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.