Which to use
“escapade” and “escape” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,558
- “escapade” frequency rank
- #24,961
- “escape” frequency rank
- 47519
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | escapade | escape |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action du cheval qui s'emporte. | Partie inférieure du fût d'une colonne, la plus proche de la base. |
Where the eye mixes escapade and escape
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: escapade vs escape
A purely visual mix-up. escapade (\ɛs.ka.pad\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47519, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
escapade is recorded at frequency rank #22,558, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛs.ka.pad\. 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 47519, this pair ranks #186,329 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of escapade vs escape
Shared letters: aceps. Private to "escapade": d. Private to "escape": -.
"escapade" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV · "escape" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "escapade" for "escape" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "escapade" or "escape" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "escapade" and "escape" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "escapade" 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 #186,329 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "escapade" and "escape" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "escapade vs escapades". 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 #186,329 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.