scale
/skeɪl/
The verdict
“scale” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #55,217 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,217
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Escala.
Corpus desk
Index ES-scale · scale · Spanish
scale · rank #55,217 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,217
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH Sayago
Nearest frequency peer: Sayago (-1 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 “scale”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- sanguinarios
sanguinarios
44,786 corpus weight
- Sayago
Sayago
44,785 corpus weight
- scale
scale
44,784 corpus weight
- scene
scene
44,783 corpus weight
- sedienta
sedienta
44,781 corpus weight
- seed
seed
44,780 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “scale” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | scale |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /skeɪl/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #55,217 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “scale” en español
Rare enough to double-check
scale is uncommon Spanish at frequency #55,217 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /skeɪl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for scale, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is scale, spelled S-C-A-L-E.
Definition
- 1Escala.
- 2Escama.
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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