rescate

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

[resˈkat̪e]

/[resˈkat̪e]/ noun

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

The verdict

“rescate” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #3,657. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,657
frequency rank, Spanish: 4,151
“R” headwords: 10
tracked misspellings: 8
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index ES-rescate · rescate · Spanish

rescate · rank #3,657 · 10 variants · 8 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #3,657
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
VAR-MID 10 variants
BOOK-MID 4,151
PHOTO-FINISH reflexión

Nearest frequency peer: reflexión (-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.

rechazo

96,347
refiero

96,346
reflexión

96,345
rescate

96,344
situado

96,343
tesis

96,342

What this shows “rescate” 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).

rescate vs resulte

71% similar

rescate vs resiste

71% similar

rescate vs resorte

71% similar

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

Key facts for rescate
Property	Value
Headword	rescate
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[resˈkat̪e]
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#3,657
Misspellings tracked	10
Confusable pairs	8
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “rescate”

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

#3,657

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

← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “reflexión” (#3,656), “situado” (#3,658), “refiero” (#3,655). Entre 4,151 lemas con “R”, “rescate” va en #3,657. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around rescate (IPA [resˈkat̪e]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,657 among 4,151 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for rescate, with forms such as "erscate", "recsate", and "resacte". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "resulte", "resiste", "resorte", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is rescate, spelled R-E-S-C-A-T-E.

Definition

1
Acción o efecto de rescatar.
2
Pago que se pide o hace para rescatar a alguien secuestrado o algo capturado
3
Préstamo o dación de capital financiero a una empresa, país o individuo que se encuentra en peligro de bancarrota, para salvarlo de la quiebra, insolvencia, la liquidación o la ruina, o para permitir que una entidad quiebre sin producir contagio financiero.

Synonyms

rescate financiero

This word in other languages

rescue(English)sauvetage(Français)Rettung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

erscate
recsate
resacte
rescaet
rescatte
resccate
resctae
resscate
rrescate
rsecate

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rescate - 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 "rescate"

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 "rescate"?

"rescate" is spelled R-E-S-C-A-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [resˈkat̪e].

What does "rescate" mean?

As a noun, "rescate" means: Acción o efecto de rescatar.

What words are commonly confused with "rescate"?

"rescate" is commonly confused with "resulte", "resiste", "resorte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "rescate"?

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

What language does "rescate" come from?

"rescate" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

situado#3,658 refiero#3,655 rechazo#3,654 produjo#3,650

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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