# Esquivel vs esquivo

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### Esquivel
*name · IPA [eskiˈβ̞el] · frequency rank #25,628*
Apellido

### esquivo
*adjective · IPA [esˈkiβ̞o] · frequency rank #45,917*
Desdeñoso, áspero, huraño.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/es/vs/esquivel-vs-esquivo