escena

/[eˈsena]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,312

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

escena is aSpanishnoun. It means: El sitio o tablado donde representan los actores. Pronounced [eˈsena]. It ranks #1,312 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with estén and España.

Key facts for escena
PropertyValue
Headwordescena
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[eˈsena]
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,312
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for escena is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [eˈsena]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,312 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for escena, with forms such as "ecsena", "esccena", and "escean". 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, "estén", "España", "espera", 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 escena, spelled E-S-C-E-N-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    El sitio o tablado donde representan los actores.
  2. 2
    Escenario.
  3. 3
    Teatro.
  4. 4
    Aquella parte de la comedia en que hablan unas mismas personas.
  5. 5
    Se extiende la significación de esta voz a la sociedad, el mundo, la esfera de cada carrera, profesión, etc.
  6. 6
    Suceso más o menos interesante o cómico que ocurre en la sociedad.
  7. 7
    Cama y choza de ramas.
  8. 8
    Sitio o parte del teatro, en que se representa o ejecuta el poema dramático o cualquier otro espectáculo teatral. Comprende el espacio en el que se figura el lugar de la acción, y el cual, descorrido o levantado el telón de boca, queda a vista del público.
  9. 9
    Lo que la escena ₈ representa.
  10. 10
    Arte de la declamación.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ecsena,esccena,escean,escenna,escnea,esecna,esscena,essena,secena

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for escena

Misspelling Variants of "escena"

ecsena6esccena7escean6escenna7escnea6esecna6esscena7essena6
Misspelling Variants of "escena"

Frequency rank: #1,312 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "escena"?
"escena" is spelled E-S-C-E-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is [eˈsena].
What does "escena" mean?
As a noun, "escena" means: El sitio o tablado donde representan los actores.
What words are commonly confused with "escena"?
"escena" is commonly confused with "estén", "España", "espera". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "escena"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "escena" is [eˈsena]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "escena" come from?
"escena" 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.