Eskapade
[ɛskaˈpaːdə]
The verdict
“Eskapade” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Seitensprung, abenteuerliche Handlung, eigenwilliges Tun
Corpus desk
Index DE-eskapade · Eskapade · German
Eskapade · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Eskapade |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɛskaˈpaːdə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Eskapade“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Eskapade is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɛskaˈpaːdə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Eskapade, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Eskapade, spelled E-S-K-A-P-A-D-E.
Definition
- 1Seitensprung, abenteuerliche Handlung, eigenwilliges Tun
- 2mutwilliger Streich
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Eskapade appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die wiederholten Eskapaden der Eheleute führten schließlich trotz aller Toleranz doch zur Scheidung.
„Er verbrachte dazu einige Tage im kleinen Holzhaus des Schmiedes Gerrit Kist, musste jedoch wegen einiger Eskapaden die Stadt nach acht Tagen verlassen.“
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.