escalade

\ɛs.ka.lad\

/\ɛs.ka.lad\/ noun

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The verdict

“escalade” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,823. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,823
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Assaut d’une position au moyen d’échelles.

Corpus desk

Index FR-escalade · escalade · French

escalade · rank #7,823 · 11 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,823
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH enregistre

Nearest frequency peer: enregistre (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « escalade »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « escalade » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

escalade vs escale
75% similar
escalade vs esclave
75% similar
escalade vs escapade
88% similar

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

Key facts for escalade
PropertyValue
Headwordescalade
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛs.ka.lad\
Letters8
Frequency rank#7,823
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « escalade »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).escaladese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « enregistre » (#7,822), « exiger » (#7,824), « employée » (#7,821). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « escalade » est au #7,823. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around escalade (IPA \ɛs.ka.lad\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,823 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for escalade, with forms such as "ecsalade", "esaclade", and "escaalde". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "escale", "esclave", "escapade", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is escalade, spelled E-S-C-A-L-A-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Assaut d’une position au moyen d’échelles.
  2. 2
    Éléments superposés en forme d'échelle.
  3. 3
    Action de grimper.
  4. 4
    Action d’escalader, de monter sur une montagne ou grimper un rocher ou une falaise en utilisant des outils de sécurité.
  5. 5
    Circonstance qui aggrave le délit.
  6. 6
    Augmentation ou aggravation progressive par une suite de réactions mutuelles de plus en plus importantes.
  7. 7
    (République de Genève) Fête genevoise, en commémoration de la nuit du 11 au 12 décembre 1602, durant laquelle le duc de Savoie tenta, en vain, d’escalader Genève.
  8. 8
    Transfert d’une demande de support client à une personne plus compétente.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how escalade appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Il y avait trois cents hommes d’élite équipés pour l’escalade, couverts de fer de la tête aux pieds, le coutelas au poing et les pistolets à la ceinture.
  2. L’ennemi entrait dans la ville par escalade ou par une brèche, sans que pour cela la garnison se rendît.

Synonyms

grimpevarappeéchalade

Antonyms

désescaladedésescalade

This word in other languages

climbing(English)escalada(Español)Klettern(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ecsalade
  • esaclade
  • escaalde
  • escaladde
  • escalaed
  • escaldae
  • escallade
  • esccalade
  • esclaade
  • esscalade
  • secalade

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ecsalade2esaclade2escaalde2escaladde1escalaed2escaldae2escallade1esccalade1
Edit distance from "escalade"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "escalade"?
"escalade" is spelled E-S-C-A-L-A-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛs.ka.lad\.
What does "escalade" mean?
As a noun, "escalade" means: Assaut d’une position au moyen d’échelles.
What words are commonly confused with "escalade"?
"escalade" is commonly confused with "escale", "esclave", "escapade". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "escalade"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "escalade" is \ɛs.ka.lad\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "escalade" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

employée#7,821Finlande#7,826fiscales#7,827débattre#7,816

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

diplômé11 variantschaussure11 variantsneuvième11 variantsécrites11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list