escalón
[eskaˈlõn]
The verdict
“escalón” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #16,329. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,329
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 101,141
- “E” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Peldaño.
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 | escalón |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [eskaˈlõn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #16,329 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “escalón” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around escalón (IPA [eskaˈlõn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,329 among 101,141 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for escalón, with forms such as "ecsalón", "esaclón", and "escallón". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "escaso", "escaño", "escapo", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is escalón, spelled E-S-C-A-L-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Peldaño.
- 2Grado a que se asciende en dignidad social o profesional.
- 3Paso o medio con que uno adelanta sus pretensiones o conveniencias.
- 4Una de las fracciones en que se dividen las tropas de un frente de combate y que se colocan tácticamente con intervalos y a distancias regulares.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ecsalón
- esaclón
- escallón
- escalnó
- escalónn
- escaóln
- esccalón
- esclaón
- esscalón
- secalón
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of escalón - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “escalón”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-S-C-A-L-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [eskaˈlõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “escaso” - see the side-by-side comparison. escalón vs escaso
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Same frequency band
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.