escusa

Name: escusa, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[esˈkusa]

/[esˈkusa]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“escusa” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #35,499. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,499
frequency rank, Spanish: 5,243
“E” headwords: 8
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acción o efecto de esconder.

Corpus desk

Index ES-escusa · escusa · Spanish

escusa · rank #35,499 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-MID #35,499
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 8 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,243
PHOTO-FINISH especifican

Nearest frequency peer: especifican (+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.

envenenar

64,507
envidioso

64,505
escusa

64,502
especifican

64,501
espontáneos

64,500
evocar

64,497

What this shows “escusa” 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).

escusa vs esposa

67% similar

escusa vs excusa

83% similar

escusa vs espuma

67% similar

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

Key facts for escusa
Property	Value
Headword	escusa
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[esˈkusa]
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#35,499
Misspellings tracked	8
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “escusa”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).escusacae aquí:

#35,499

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “especifican” (#35,500), “espontáneos” (#35,501), “envidioso” (#35,496). Entre 5,243 lemas con “E”, “escusa” va en #35,499. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around escusa (IPA [esˈkusa]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,499 among 5,243 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for escusa, with forms such as "ecsusa", "esccusa", and "escsua". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "esposa", "excusa", "espuma", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is escusa, spelled E-S-C-U-S-A.

Definition

1
Acción o efecto de esconder.
2
Cesta de mimbre con tapa, usada para llevar cosas.
3
Privilegios que se le conceden a ciertas personas de determinados lugares por acuerdo común.
4
Derecho que el dueño de una finca concede a sus pastores para que puedan apacentar parte de su ganado a modo de retribución.
5
Conjunto de cabezas de ganado que forman parte de la escusa.
6
Cabeza de ganado concedida a los pastores, pero mantenida a costa de los dueños.

Synonyms

escusabaraja

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ecsusa
esccusa
escsua
escuas
escussa
esscusa
esucsa
secusa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "escusa"

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 "escusa"?

"escusa" is spelled E-S-C-U-S-A. The IPA pronunciation is [esˈkusa].

What does "escusa" mean?

As a noun, "escusa" means: Acción o efecto de esconder.

What words are commonly confused with "escusa"?

"escusa" is commonly confused with "esposa", "excusa", "espuma". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "escusa"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "escusa" is [esˈkusa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "escusa" come from?

"escusa" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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