escalada
[eskaˈlað̞a]
The verdict
“escalada” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #11,400. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,400
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - La acción y efecto de escalar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-escalada · escalada · Spanish
escalada · rank #11,400 · 11 variants · 14 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,400
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH enciende
Nearest frequency peer: enciende (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “escalada”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- elegancia
elegancia
88,604 corpus weight
- emplean
emplean
88,603 corpus weight
- enciende
enciende
88,602 corpus weight
- escalada
escalada
88,601 corpus weight
- escolta
escolta
88,600 corpus weight
- Escuadra
Escuadra
88,599 corpus weight
What this shows “escalada” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | escalada |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [eskaˈlað̞a] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #11,400 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “escalada”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around escalada (IPA [eskaˈlað̞a]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,400 among 5,243 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for escalada, with forms such as "ecsalada", "esaclada", and "escaalda". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "espalda", "escalas", "escalar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is escalada, spelled E-S-C-A-L-A-D-A.
Definition
- 1La acción y efecto de escalar.
- 2Escala, escalera.
- 3Actividad que consiste en subir y trepar por terrenos escabrosos y pendientes.
- 4Aumento progresivo y alarmante de alguna actividad que genera inseguridad, peligro o malestar en la población.
- 5Asalto de una fortaleza con escalas.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how escalada appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Escalada de violencia, escalada inflacionaria.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ecsalada
- esaclada
- escaalda
- escalaad
- escaladda
- escaldaa
- escallada
- esccalada
- esclaada
- esscalada
- secalada
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of escalada - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "escalada", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).