escapar

/[eskaˈpaɾ]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,404

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

escapar is aSpanishverb. It means: Salir de un encierro o peligro. Pronounced [eskaˈpaɾ]. It ranks #3,404 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with escape and escasa.

Key facts for escapar
PropertyValue
Headwordescapar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[eskaˈpaɾ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,404
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of escapar in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for escapar is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [eskaˈpaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,404 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for escapar, with forms such as "ecsapar", "esacpar", and "escaapr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "escape", "escasa", "escapo", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is escapar, spelled E-S-C-A-P-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Salir de un encierro o peligro.
  2. 2
    Salir con prisa.
  3. 3
    Escribir una secuencia de caracteres que permitan codificar un caracter reservado para la sintaxis del lenguaje y que por lo tanto no podría escribirse directamente.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ecsapar,esacpar,escaapr,escaparr,escappar,escapra,esccapar,escpaar,esscapar,secapar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for escapar

Misspelling Variants of "escapar"

ecsapar7esacpar7escaapr7escaparr8escappar8escapra7esccapar8escpaar7
Misspelling Variants of "escapar"

Frequency rank: #3,404 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "escapar"?
"escapar" is spelled E-S-C-A-P-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [eskaˈpaɾ].
What does "escapar" mean?
As a verb, "escapar" means: Salir de un encierro o peligro.
What words are commonly confused with "escapar"?
"escapar" is commonly confused with "escape", "escasa", "escapo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "escapar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "escapar" is [eskaˈpaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "escapar" come from?
"escapar" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.