escalera

[eskaˈleɾa]

/[eskaˈleɾa]/ noun

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The verdict

“escalera” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #5,502. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,502
frequency rank, Spanish
5,243
“E” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Construcción formada por una serie de escalones, permitiendo al usuario desplazarse entre los distintos planos de un edificio o lugar.

Corpus desk

Index ES-escalera · escalera · Spanish

escalera · rank #5,502 · 11 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,502
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,243
  • PHOTO-FINISH encantan

Nearest frequency peer: encantan (-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 “escalera”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “escalera” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

escalera vs escáner
63% similar
escalera vs escasea
75% similar
escalera vs Escalona
63% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for escalera
PropertyValue
Headwordescalera
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[eskaˈleɾa]
Letters8
Frequency rank#5,502
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “escalera”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).escaleracae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “encantan” (#5,501), “escasez” (#5,503), “ejemplares” (#5,500). Entre 5,243 lemas con “E”, “escalera” va en #5,502. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around escalera (IPA [eskaˈleɾa]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,502 among 5,243 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for escalera, with forms such as "ecsalera", "esaclera", and "escaelra". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "escáner", "escasea", "Escalona", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is escalera, spelled E-S-C-A-L-E-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Construcción formada por una serie de escalones, permitiendo al usuario desplazarse entre los distintos planos de un edificio o lugar.
  2. 2
    Utensilio portátil, formado por dos listones unidos por travesaños, proporcionando un medio para escalar.
  3. 3
    Conjunto de fichas o cartas de valor correlativo, formando una única jugada en algunos juegos de azar o habilidad.
  4. 4
    Combinación que se obtiene con cinco cartas consecutivas en número, con la salvedad de que si se usa un as debe estar al principio (A-2-3-4-5) o al final (10-J-Q-K-A). Es inmediatamente superior al trío e inmediatamente más débil que el color.

Synonyms

escala

This word in other languages

staircase(English)escalier(Français)Treppe(Deutsch)escada(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ecsalera
  • esaclera
  • escaelra
  • escalear
  • escalerra
  • escallera
  • escalrea
  • esccalera
  • esclaera
  • esscalera
  • secalera

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of escalera - 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.

ecsalera2esaclera2escaelra2escalear2escalerra1escallera1escalrea2esccalera1
Edit distance from "escalera"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "escalera"?
"escalera" is spelled E-S-C-A-L-E-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [eskaˈleɾa].
What does "escalera" mean?
As a noun, "escalera" means: Construcción formada por una serie de escalones, permitiendo al usuario desplazarse entre los distintos planos de un edificio o lugar.
What words are commonly confused with "escalera"?
"escalera" is commonly confused with "escáner", "escasea", "Escalona". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "escalera"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "escalera" is [eskaˈleɾa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "escalera" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "escalera", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

encantan#5,501doctores#5,499extiende#5,510devolver#5,492

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

escasez11 variantsextraños11 variantsgrabado11 variantsilegales11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list