scrum
[ˈskɾũm]
The verdict
“scrum” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #61,917 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,917
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En el rugby, melé, jugada en la que los delanteros de cada equipo, agachados y agarrados, se empujan para hacerse con el balón, que ha sido arrojado a ras del suelo en medio de ellos.
Corpus desk
Index ES-scrum · scrum · Spanish
scrum · rank #61,917 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,917
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH sarraceno
Nearest frequency peer: sarraceno (-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 “scrum”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- Salerno
Salerno
38,088 corpus weight
- sangraba
sangraba
38,087 corpus weight
- sanguijuela
sanguijuela
38,086 corpus weight
- sarraceno
sarraceno
38,085 corpus weight
- scrum
scrum
38,084 corpus weight
- senatorial
senatorial
38,081 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “scrum” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | scrum |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈskɾũm] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #61,917 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “scrum” en español
Rare enough to double-check
scrum is uncommon Spanish at frequency #61,917 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈskɾũm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for scrum in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is scrum, spelled S-C-R-U-M.
Definition
- 1En el rugby, melé, jugada en la que los delanteros de cada equipo, agachados y agarrados, se empujan para hacerse con el balón, que ha sido arrojado a ras del suelo en medio de ellos.
- 2Aglomeración alborotada de personas.
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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