escena

[eˈsena]

/[eˈsena]/ noun

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The verdict

“escena” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #1,312. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,312
frequency rank, Spanish
5,243
“E” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - El sitio o tablado donde representan los actores.

Corpus desk

Index ES-escena · escena · Spanish

escena · rank #1,312 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,312
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,243
  • PHOTO-FINISH enfermedad

Nearest frequency peer: enfermedad (-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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “escena”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “escena” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

escena vs estén
50% similar
escena vs España
33% similar
escena vs espera
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

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

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “escena”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).escenacae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “enfermedad” (#1,311), “estructura” (#1,313), “empleo” (#1,310). Entre 5,243 lemas con “E”, “escena” va en #1,312. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around escena (IPA [eˈsena]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,312 among 5,243 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 10 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for escena, with forms such as "ecsena", "esccena", and "escean". 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, "estén", "España", "espera", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is escena, spelled E-S-C-E-N-A.

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.

This word in other languages

stage(English)scène(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ecsena
  • esccena
  • escean
  • escenna
  • escnea
  • esecna
  • esscena
  • essena
  • secena

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of escena - 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.

ecsena2esccena1escean2escenna1escnea2esecna2esscena1essena1
Edit distance from "escena"

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

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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "escena", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

empleo#1,310teatro#1,302misión#1,323inicio#1,294

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

materia9 variantsFlores9 variantsextraño9 variantsbatalla9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list