escucha

/[esˈkut͡ʃa]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,249

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

17

similar word pairs

escucha is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción o efecto de escuchar. Pronounced [esˈkut͡ʃa]. It ranks #2,249 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with escusa and escuela.

Key facts for escucha
PropertyValue
Headwordescucha
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[esˈkut͡ʃa]
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,249
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for escucha is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [esˈkut͡ʃa]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,249 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 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 escucha, with forms such as "ecsucha", "esccucha", and "esccuha". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "escusa", "escuela", "escuché", 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 escucha, spelled E-S-C-U-C-H-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción o efecto de escuchar.
  2. 2
    Acción o efecto de captar y percibir en secreto o con disimulo una conversación o comunicación privada.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ecsucha,esccucha,esccuha,escucah,escuccha,escuchha,escuhca,esscucha,esuccha,secucha

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for escucha

Misspelling Variants of "escucha"

ecsucha7esccucha8esccuha7escucah7escuccha8escuchha8escuhca7esscucha8
Misspelling Variants of "escucha"

Frequency rank: #2,249 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "escucha"?
"escucha" is spelled E-S-C-U-C-H-A. The IPA pronunciation is [esˈkut͡ʃa].
What does "escucha" mean?
As a noun, "escucha" means: Acción o efecto de escuchar.
What words are commonly confused with "escucha"?
"escucha" is commonly confused with "escusa", "escuela", "escuché". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "escucha"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "escucha" is [esˈkut͡ʃa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "escucha" come from?
"escucha" 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.