Eskorte

[ɛsˈkɔʁtə]

/[ɛsˈkɔʁtə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Eskorte” is uncommon German (frequency #57,826 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,826
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (militärisches) Geleit zur Bewachung, zum Schutz oder zur Ehrung einer Person

Corpus desk

Index DE-eskorte · Eskorte · German

Eskorte · rank #57,826 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,826
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH erwischten

Nearest frequency peer: erwischten (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Eskorte“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Eskorte“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Eskorte
PropertyValue
HeadwordEskorte
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɛsˈkɔʁtə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#57,826
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Eskorte“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Eskortefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „erwischten“ (#57,825), „Esperanto“ (#57,827), „erwache“ (#57,824). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „Eskorte“ bei #57,826. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Eskorte is uncommon German at frequency #57,826 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɛsˈkɔʁtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(militärisches) Geleit zur Bewachung, zum Schutz oder zur Ehrung einer Person".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Eskorte in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Eskorte, spelled E-S-K-O-R-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    (militärisches) Geleit zur Bewachung, zum Schutz oder zur Ehrung einer Person

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Eskorte appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Für den Transport nach Valladolid wird im Auftrag des portugiesischen Königs eine stattliche Eskorte zusammengestellt.“
  2. „Dann rollte der Wagen mit seiner Eskorte davon.“

This word in other languages

escort(English)escolta(Español)escorte(Français)

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Eskorte"?
"Eskorte" is spelled E-S-K-O-R-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛsˈkɔʁtə].
What does "Eskorte" mean?
As a noun, "Eskorte" means: (militärisches) Geleit zur Bewachung, zum Schutz oder zur Ehrung einer Person
How do you pronounce "Eskorte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Eskorte" is [ɛsˈkɔʁtə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Eskorte" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Eskorte", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

erwache#57,824Estrich#57,828Europol#57,829Erdnuss#57,815

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list