esquisto
[esˈkist̪o]
The verdict
“esquisto” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #52,256 among 101,141 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,256
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 101,141
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Roca metamórfica de grado medio, de grano muy fino, textura foliada, compuesta de laminaciones minerales, y que se quiebra con facilidad en hojas planas.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | esquisto |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [esˈkist̪o] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #52,256 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “esquisto” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
esquisto is uncommon Spanish at frequency #52,256 among 101,141 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [esˈkist̪o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Roca metamórfica de grado medio, de grano muy fino, textura foliada, compuesta de laminaciones minerales, y que se quiebra con facilidad en hojas planas.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for esquisto, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. 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.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is esquisto, spelled E-S-Q-U-I-S-T-O.
Definition
- 1Roca metamórfica de grado medio, de grano muy fino, textura foliada, compuesta de laminaciones minerales, y que se quiebra con facilidad en hojas planas.
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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Using “esquisto”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-S-Q-U-I-S-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [esˈkist̪o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.