escaño
[esˈkaɲo]
The verdict
“escaño” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #16,572. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,572
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Puesto electivo en un cuerpo colegiado, en especial en un parlamento.
Corpus desk
Index ES-escano · escaño · Spanish
escaño · rank #16,572 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,572
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH envuelta
Nearest frequency peer: envuelta (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “escaño”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- encarar
encarar
83,432 corpus weight
- entrenados
entrenados
83,431 corpus weight
- envuelta
envuelta
83,430 corpus weight
- escaño
escaño
83,429 corpus weight
- escepticismo
escepticismo
83,428 corpus weight
- estratégicas
estratégicas
83,427 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “escaño” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | escaño |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [esˈkaɲo] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #16,572 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “escaño” en la frecuencia del español
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around escaño (IPA [esˈkaɲo]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,572 among 5,243 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for escaño, with forms such as "ecsaño", "esacño", and "escaoñ". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "están", "estado", "España", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is escaño, spelled E-S-C-A-Ñ-O.
Definition
- 1Puesto electivo en un cuerpo colegiado, en especial en un parlamento.
- 2Banco o asiento corrido y con respaldo.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how escaño appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Cañellas debe renunciar a su escaño. La honorabilidad política de Gabriel Cañellas queda en entredicho tras la sentencia del Tribunal Supremo." El Mundo, 16 de diciembre de 1998.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ecsaño
- esacño
- escaoñ
- esccaño
- escñao
- esscaño
- secaño
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of escaño - 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "escaño", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "escaño". Here's where to go from here.
- "escaño" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "están". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #16,572 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "E" letter cohort. E–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.