esca
/ˈɛskə/noun
esca is spelled E-S-C-A: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 92,628th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, esca means “The fleshy growth from an anglerfish's head that acts as a lure for its prey” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of esca is escae or escas.
How many letters and syllables are in esca?
| Letters | 4: E-S-C-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 10 million words; the 92,628th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is esca?
Esca appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 92,628th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce esca?
- /ˈɛskə/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with esca?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as esca.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: case, aces.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of esca
- escae plural
- escas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does esca mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The fleshy growth from an anglerfish's head that acts as a lure for its prey.
- 2
A fungal disease afflicting grapes.
- 3
A traditional Galician unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 6–9 L depending on the substance measured.
- 4
A kind of measuring cup once used for measuring escas of grain.
noun
- 1
Initialism of electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does esca come from?
From Latin ēsca (“bait”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).