Which to use
“escales” and “escape” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,723
- “escales” frequency rank
- #24,961
- “escape” frequency rank
- 51684
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | escales | escape |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de escale. | Partie inférieure du fût d'une colonne, la plus proche de la base. |
Where the eye mixes escales and escape
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: escales vs escape
A purely visual mix-up. escales (\ɛs.kal\) and escape (\ɛs.kap\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51684, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
escales is recorded at frequency rank #26,723, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛs.kal\. escape is at rank #24,961, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛs.kap\.
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 51684, this pair ranks #153,194 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of escales vs escape
Shared letters: aces. Private to "escales": l. Private to "escape": p.
"escales" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "escape" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "escales" for "escape" ever safe?
Frequency check: "escales" vs "escape" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "escales" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "escape" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #153,194 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "escales" and "escape" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "écope vs escape". 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 #153,194 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.