scape
/ˈskeɪp/noun
scape is spelled S-C-A-P-E: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 41,154th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, scape means “A leafless stalk growing directly out of a root, bulb, or subterranean structure” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of scape is scapes.
How many letters and syllables are in scape?
| Letters | 5: S-C-A-P-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 41,154th 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 scape?
Scape appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 41,154th 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 scape?
- /ˈskeɪp/
Scape has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-scape.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with scape?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as scape.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: space, aspec.
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 scape
- scapes plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- scaping participle, present
- scaped participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does scape mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A leafless stalk growing directly out of a root, bulb, or subterranean structure.
- 2
The basal segment of an insect's antenna (i.e. the part closest to the body).
- 3
The basal part, more specifically known as the oviscape, of the ovipositor of an insect.
- 4
The shaft of a column.
- 5
The apophyge of a shaft.
- 6
The cry of the snipe when flushed.
- 7
The snipe itself.
- 8
archaicEscape.
- 9
obsoleteA means of escape; evasion.
- 10
obsoleteA freak; a slip; a fault; an escapade.
- 11
obsoleteA loose act of vice or lewdness.
verb
- 1
archaicTo escape (someone or something).
No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace / As I have seen in one autumnal face. / Young beauties force our love, and that's a rape, / This doth but counsel, yet you cannot scape.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Scape in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense leafless stalk:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | scape |
| German | Schaft |
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 scape come from?
From Latin scāpus, from Doric Greek σκᾶπος (skâpos). Doublet of native English shaft.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).