escayola
[eskaˈʝola]
The verdict
“escayola” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #49,622. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,622
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Composición hecha de cola y yeso de espejuelo, que sirve para hacer figuras, columnas, templetes, altares, festones, y otros adornos de arquitectura.
Corpus desk
Index ES-escayola · escayola · Spanish
escayola · rank #49,622 · 11 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #49,622
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH esboza
Nearest frequency peer: esboza (-2 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 “escayola”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- equinoccio
equinoccio
50,384 corpus weight
- equivalía
equivalía
50,382 corpus weight
- esboza
esboza
50,381 corpus weight
- escayola
escayola
50,379 corpus weight
- esparció
esparció
50,376 corpus weight
- esperable
esperable
50,375 corpus weight
What this shows “escayola” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | escayola |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [eskaˈʝola] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #49,622 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “escayola”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around escayola (IPA [eskaˈʝola]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,622 among 5,243 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for escayola, with forms such as "ecsayola", "esacyola", and "escaoyla". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "escola", "española", "escala", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is escayola, spelled E-S-C-A-Y-O-L-A.
Definition
- 1Composición hecha de cola y yeso de espejuelo, que sirve para hacer figuras, columnas, templetes, altares, festones, y otros adornos de arquitectura.
- 2Vendaje para fracturas, endurecido con escayola.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ecsayola
- esacyola
- escaoyla
- escayloa
- escayoal
- escayolla
- escayyola
- esccayola
- escyaola
- esscayola
- secayola
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of escayola - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "escayola", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).