Escher
/ˈɛʃɚ/
"escher" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Escher” is uncommon English (frequency #60,063 among 18,836 “E” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,063
- frequency rank, English
- 18,836
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A surname from German.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Escher |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈɛʃɚ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #60,063 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Escher” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Escher is uncommon English at frequency #60,063 among 18,836 “E” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈɛʃɚ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Escher, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From German Escher. The correct English form is Escher, spelled E-S-C-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1A surname from German.
- 2M. C. Escher, Dutch graphic artist
Etymology
From German Escher.
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 “Escher”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is E-S-C-H-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.