scrabble
[esˈkɾaβ̞el]
The verdict
“scrabble” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #86,227 among 34,953 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,227
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 34,953
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Juego de mesa donde el objetivo es ganar más puntos mediante la construcción de palabras, sobre un tablero de casillas cuadradas, con dados que representan letras obtenidas por azar.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | scrabble |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [esˈkɾaβ̞el] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #86,227 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “scrabble” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
scrabble is uncommon Spanish at frequency #86,227 among 34,953 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [esˈkɾaβ̞el]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Juego de mesa donde el objetivo es ganar más puntos mediante la construcción de palabras, sobre un tablero de casillas cuadradas, con dados que representan letras obtenidas por azar.".
Zero misspellings are on record for scrabble in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 scrabble, spelled S-C-R-A-B-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Juego de mesa donde el objetivo es ganar más puntos mediante la construcción de palabras, sobre un tablero de casillas cuadradas, con dados que representan letras obtenidas por azar.
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 “scrabble”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is S-C-R-A-B-B-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [esˈkɾaβ̞el] (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.