escarole
es·ca·role/ˈɛskəɹoʊl/noun
escarole is spelled E-S-C-A-R-O-L-E: 8 letters and 3 syllables (es·ca·role). It appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 161,690th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, escarole means “A subspecies or variety of broad-leaved endive (Cichorium endivia subsp. endivia, syn. Cichorium endivia var. latifolium), which is eaten as a…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of escarole is escaroles.
How many letters and syllables are in escarole?
| Letters | 8: E-S-C-A-R-O-L-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: es·ca·role |
| In writing | about once in every 28 million words; the 161,690th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is escarole?
Escarole appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 161,690th 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 escarole?
- UK /ˈɛskəɹəʊl/
- UK /-ɹɒl/
- US /ˈɛskəɹoʊl/
Escarole has 3 syllables, split es·ca·role in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-escarole.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of escarole
- escaroles plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does escarole mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
CanadaUSA subspecies or variety of broad-leaved endive (Cichorium endivia subsp. endivia, syn. Cichorium endivia var. latifolium), which is eaten as a vegetable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Escarole in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense subspecies or variety of endive (var. latifolia):
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does escarole come from?
Borrowed from French escarole, from Italian scariola, scarola (“chicory; endive”), from Late Latin escariola, scariola, from Latin ēsca (“food; dish prepared for the table”) (from edō (“to eat”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- (“to eat”)) + -ola (from -olus, -ulus (suffix forming diminutive nouns)). Doublet of scariole.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).