excavadora
[ekskaβ̞aˈð̞oɾa]
The verdict
“excavadora” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #50,909 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #50,909
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Máquina para excavar (hacer hoyos o huecos profundos en la tierra o en un material sólido).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | excavadora |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ekskaβ̞aˈð̞oɾa] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #50,909 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “excavadora” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for excavadora is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ekskaβ̞aˈð̞oɾa]. Corpus data places it at rank #50,909 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Máquina para excavar (hacer hoyos o huecos profundos en la tierra o en un material sólido).".
Zero misspellings are on record for excavadora in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is excavadora, spelled E-X-C-A-V-A-D-O-R-A.
Definition
- 1Máquina para excavar (hacer hoyos o huecos profundos en la tierra o en un material sólido).
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 “excavadora”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-X-C-A-V-A-D-O-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ekskaβ̞aˈð̞oɾa] (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.