escusa

/[esˈkusa]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#35,499

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

escusa is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción o efecto de esconder. Pronounced [esˈkusa]. Often confused with esposa and excusa.

Key facts for escusa
PropertyValue
Headwordescusa
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[esˈkusa]
Letters6
Frequency rank#35,499
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for escusa is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [esˈkusa]. Corpus data places it at rank #35,499 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 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 escusa, with forms such as "ecsusa", "esccusa", and "escsua". 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, "esposa", "excusa", "espuma", 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 escusa, spelled E-S-C-U-S-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 esconder.
  2. 2
    Cesta de mimbre con tapa, usada para llevar cosas.
  3. 3
    Privilegios que se le conceden a ciertas personas de determinados lugares por acuerdo común.
  4. 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. 5
    Conjunto de cabezas de ganado que forman parte de la escusa.
  6. 6
    Cabeza de ganado concedida a los pastores, pero mantenida a costa de los dueños.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ecsusa,esccusa,escsua,escuas,escussa,esscusa,esucsa,secusa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for escusa

Misspelling Variants of "escusa"

ecsusa6esccusa7escsua6escuas6escussa7esscusa7esucsa6secusa6
Misspelling Variants of "escusa"

Frequency rank: #35,499 in Spanish

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 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.