escaping
/ɪsˈkeɪpɪŋ/
"escaping" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“escaping” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #10,687. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,687
- frequency rank, English
- 18,836
- “E” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The act of one who escapes; an escape.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | escaping |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɪsˈkeɪpɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #10,687 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “escaping” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around escaping (IPA /ɪsˈkeɪpɪŋ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,687 among 18,836 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for escaping, with forms such as "ecsaping", "esacping", and "escaipng". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "escapism", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is escaping, spelled E-S-C-A-P-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1The act of one who escapes; an escape.
- 2That which escapes or leaks out; an emission.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ecsaping
- esacping
- escaipng
- escapign
- escapingg
- escapinng
- escapnig
- escapping
- esccaping
- escpaing
- esscaping
- secaping
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of escaping - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “escaping”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is E-S-C-A-P-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɪsˈkeɪpɪŋ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “escapism” - see the side-by-side comparison. escaping vs escapism
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Same frequency band
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.