escape

\ɛs.kap\

/\ɛs.kap\/ noun

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The verdict

“escape” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,961. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,961
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partie inférieure du fût d'une colonne, la plus proche de la base.

Corpus desk

Index FR-escape · escape · French

escape · rank #24,961 · 8 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,961
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH ensoleillée

Nearest frequency peer: ensoleillée (-2 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 « escape »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « escape » 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).

escape vs étape
50% similar
escape vs espace
67% similar
escape vs essaie
67% similar

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

Key facts for escape
PropertyValue
Headwordescape
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛs.kap\
Letters6
Frequency rank#24,961
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « escape »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).escapese 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 « ensoleillée » (#24,959), « estivales » (#24,963), « enfantin » (#24,958). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « escape » est au #24,961. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around escape (IPA \ɛs.kap\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,961 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for escape, with forms such as "ecsape", "esacpe", and "escaep". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "étape", "espace", "essaie", 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is escape, spelled E-S-C-A-P-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partie inférieure du fût d'une colonne, la plus proche de la base.
  2. 2
    Adoucissement servant à raccorder le fût d'une colonne au filet situé à sa base.
  3. 3
    Fût d’une colonne, de la base au chapiteau.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ecsape
  • esacpe
  • escaep
  • escappe
  • esccape
  • escpae
  • esscape
  • secape

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of escape - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ecsape2esacpe2escaep2escappe1esccape1escpae2esscape1secape2
Edit distance from "escape"

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 "escape"?
"escape" is spelled E-S-C-A-P-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛs.kap\.
What does "escape" mean?
As a noun, "escape" means: Partie inférieure du fût d'une colonne, la plus proche de la base.
What words are commonly confused with "escape"?
"escape" is commonly confused with "étape", "espace", "essaie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "escape"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "escape" is \ɛs.kap\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "escape" come from?
"escape" is a French 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 French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Fields#24,974docile#24,939devils#24,930closer#24,907

Similar misspelling depth

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

effacée8 variantsgorille8 variantshawks8 variantscollage8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list