escapismo
[eskaˈpismo]
The verdict
“escapismo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #76,307 among 101,141 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,307
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 101,141
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Práctica de escapar desde un encierro físico o de otras trampas. Los escapistas (también denominados "artistas del escape") escapan de esposas, camisas de fuerza, jaulas, cofres, cajas de acero, ba...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | escapismo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [eskaˈpismo] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #76,307 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “escapismo” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
escapismo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #76,307 among 101,141 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [eskaˈpismo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Práctica de escapar desde un encierro físico o de otras trampas. Los escapistas (también denominados "artistas del escape") escapan de esposas, camisas de fuerza, jaulas, cofres, cajas de acero, ba...".
escapismo doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is escapismo, spelled E-S-C-A-P-I-S-M-O.
Definition
- 1Práctica de escapar desde un encierro físico o de otras trampas. Los escapistas (también denominados "artistas del escape") escapan de esposas, camisas de fuerza, jaulas, cofres, cajas de acero, barriles, bolas, edificios en llamas, tanques de agua y otros peligros, a menudo combinados. Algunos trucos de los escapistas son logrados por medio de técnicas del ilusionismo; otros son actos genuinos de flexibilidad, fuerza y audacia.
This word in other languages
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 “escapismo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-S-C-A-P-I-S-M-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [eskaˈpismo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.