escalader

\ɛs.ka.la.de\

/\ɛs.ka.la.de\/ verb

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The verdict

“escalader” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,722. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,722
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Monter dans ou sur un édifice ; franchir un obstacle, etc., soit à l’aide d’une échelle, soit en grimpant, ou de toute autre manière semblable.

Corpus desk

Index FR-escalader · escalader · French

escalader · rank #26,722 · 13 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,722
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH escales

Nearest frequency peer: escales (+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 « escalader »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « escalader » 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).

escalader vs escalier
78% similar
escalader vs escapade
78% similar
escalader vs escapades
78% similar

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

Key facts for escalader
PropertyValue
Headwordescalader
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛs.ka.la.de\
Letters9
Frequency rank#26,722
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « escalader »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).escaladerse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « escales » (#26,723), « enrichissant » (#26,719), « excessives » (#26,725). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « escalader » est au #26,722. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around escalader (IPA \ɛs.ka.la.de\), averb. Corpus frequency is #26,722 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for escalader, with forms such as "ecsalader", "esaclader", and "escaalder". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "escalier", "escapade", "escapades", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is escalader, spelled E-S-C-A-L-A-D-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Monter dans ou sur un édifice ; franchir un obstacle, etc., soit à l’aide d’une échelle, soit en grimpant, ou de toute autre manière semblable.
  2. 2
    Monter sur une montagne ou grimper une falaise ou un bloc.
  3. 3
    Attaquer ; emporter par escalade.
  4. 4
    Transférer une demande de support client à une personne plus compétente.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. […], et tantôt louvoyant, tantôt escaladant, car le chemin était parsemé d’entassements de décombres, ils arrivèrent non sans peine à la muraille indiquée par le Cornouaillais.
  2. Hollmann rapporte le cas d'un octopus se rappelant sa lutte avec un homard. En effet, ce dernier fut exterminé par l’octopus qui avait escaladé une cloison verticale pour arriver à lui.

This word in other languages

scale(English)trepar(Español)klettern(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ecsalader
  • esaclader
  • escaalder
  • escaladder
  • escaladerr
  • escaladre
  • escalaedr
  • escaldaer
  • escallader
  • esccalader
  • esclaader
  • esscalader
  • secalader

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ecsalader2esaclader2escaalder2escaladder1escaladerr1escaladre2escalaedr2escaldaer2
Edit distance from "escalader"

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 "escalader"?
"escalader" is spelled E-S-C-A-L-A-D-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛs.ka.la.de\.
What does "escalader" mean?
As a verb, "escalader" means: Monter dans ou sur un édifice ; franchir un obstacle, etc., soit à l’aide d’une échelle, soit en grimpant, ou de toute autre manière semblable.
What words are commonly confused with "escalader"?
"escalader" is commonly confused with "escalier", "escapade", "escapades". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "escalader"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "escalader" is \ɛs.ka.la.de\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "escalader" come from?
"escalader" is a French 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 French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

emménager#26,713dérangent#26,706dénonçait#26,703gothiques#26,746

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

excessives13 variantsdéverser13 variantsfriendly13 variantsconjuguer13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list