Which to use
“escale” and “espace” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,580
- “escale” frequency rank
- #739
- “espace” frequency rank
- 12319
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | escale | espace |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Endroit où des navires peuvent relâcher. | Étendue indéfinie. |
Where the eye mixes escale and espace
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between escale and espace
A purely visual mix-up. escale (\ɛs.kal\) and espace (\ɛs.pas\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12319, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
escale is recorded at frequency rank #11,580, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛs.kal\. espace is at rank #739, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛs.pas\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 12319, this pair ranks #405,757 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of escale vs espace
Shared letters: aces. Private to "escale": l. Private to "espace": p.
"escale" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "espace" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "escale" and "espace" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "escale" or "espace"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "escale" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "espace" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #405,757 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "escale" and "espace" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "espace vs España". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #405,757 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.