sacabotas

[sakaˈβ̞ot̪as]

/[sakaˈβ̞ot̪as]/ noun

The verdict

“sacabotas” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Spanish
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Objeto formado por un soporte y un cuerpo plano, usualmente ambos de madera, que contiene una muesca en su extremo para introducir en ella el talón de las botas u otro calzado semejante y quitársel...

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Index ES-sacabotas · sacabotas · Spanish

sacabotas · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for sacabotas
PropertyValue
Headwordsacabotas
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[sakaˈβ̞ot̪as]
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “sacabotas” en español

sacabotasqueda fuera de las 100.000 palabras españolas más frecuentes, en la cola larga de vocabulario técnico, arcaico o raro, justo donde más se duda de la ortografía.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sacabotas is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [sakaˈβ̞ot̪as]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Objeto formado por un soporte y un cuerpo plano, usualmente ambos de madera, que contiene una muesca en su extremo para introducir en ella el talón de las botas u otro calzado semejante y quitársel...".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for sacabotas, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 sacabotas, spelled S-A-C-A-B-O-T-A-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Objeto formado por un soporte y un cuerpo plano, usualmente ambos de madera, que contiene una muesca en su extremo para introducir en ella el talón de las botas u otro calzado semejante y quitárselas haciendo presión.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sacabotas"?
"sacabotas" is spelled S-A-C-A-B-O-T-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is [sakaˈβ̞ot̪as].
What does "sacabotas" mean?
As a noun, "sacabotas" means: Objeto formado por un soporte y un cuerpo plano, usualmente ambos de madera, que contiene una muesca en su extremo para introducir en ella el talón de las botas u otro calzado semejante y quitársel...
How do you pronounce "sacabotas"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sacabotas" is [sakaˈβ̞ot̪as]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sacabotas" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list