scorpio
[ˈskɔr.pɪ.oː]
The verdict
“scorpio” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #68,936 among 34,953 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,936
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 34,953
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Escorpión, alacrán.
Corpus desk
Index ES-scorpio · scorpio · Spanish
scorpio · rank #68,936 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,936
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 34,953
- PHOTO-FINISH sax
Nearest frequency peer: sax (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “scorpio”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- sauer
sauer
31,067 corpus weight
- sax
sax
31,066 corpus weight
- scorpio
scorpio
31,065 corpus weight
- secundar
secundar
31,064 corpus weight
- segregado
segregado
31,062 corpus weight
- sellan
sellan
31,061 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “scorpio” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | scorpio |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈskɔr.pɪ.oː] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #68,936 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “scorpio” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
scorpio is uncommon Spanish at frequency #68,936 among 34,953 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈskɔr.pɪ.oː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for scorpio, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is scorpio, spelled S-C-O-R-P-I-O.
Definition
- 1Escorpión, alacrán.
- 2Escorpión, alacrán.
- 3Escorpión, alacrán.
- 4Como nombre de ciertas plantas, especialmente de un arbusto sin hojas.
- 5Máquina de guerra para disparar proyectiles rápidamente y a corta distancia.
- 6Una pila de piedras que servían de mojón.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "scorpio", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.