escuela

/[esˈkwela]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#456

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

escuela is aSpanishnoun. It means: Instituto que ofrece enseñanza primaria. Pronounced [esˈkwela]. It ranks #456 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with estela and escusa.

Key facts for escuela
PropertyValue
Headwordescuela
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[esˈkwela]
Letters7
Frequency rank#456
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for escuela is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [esˈkwela]. Corpus data places it at rank #456 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for escuela, with forms such as "ecsuela", "esccuela", and "esceula". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "estela", "escusa", "esquema", 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 escuela, spelled E-S-C-U-E-L-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Instituto que ofrece enseñanza primaria.
  2. 2
    En general, cualquier institución que ofrezca enseñanza.
  3. 3
    Edificio donde está localizado dicho instituto o se imparte la enseñanza.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ecsuela,esccuela,esceula,escueal,escuella,esculea,esscuela,esucela

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for escuela

Misspelling Variants of "escuela"

ecsuela7esccuela8esceula7escueal7escuella8esculea7esscuela8esucela7
Misspelling Variants of "escuela"

Frequency rank: #456 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

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