Which to use
“escape” and “espace” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,961
- “escape” frequency rank
- #739
- “espace” frequency rank
- 25700
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | escape | espace |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partie inférieure du fût d'une colonne, la plus proche de la base. | Étendue indéfinie. |
Where the eye mixes escape and espace
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between escape and espace
A purely visual mix-up. escape (\ɛs.kap\) 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 are an anagram pair: the same letters reordered. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25700, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
escape is recorded at frequency rank #24,961, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛs.kap\. 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 25700, this pair ranks #339,369 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of escape vs espace
Shared letters: aceps. Private to "escape": -. Private to "espace": -.
"escape" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "espace" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "escape" and "espace" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "escape" vs "espace" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "escape" and "espace" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "escape" 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 #339,369 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "escape" and "espace" 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 #339,369 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.