escada

//isˈka.dɐ/, /esˈka.dɐ// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,626

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

17

similar word pairs

escada is aPortuguesenoun. It means: equipamento formado por degraus que é usado para subir e descer de lugares altos Pronounced /isˈka.dɐ/, /esˈka.dɐ/. It ranks #5,626 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with estado and escola.

Key facts for escada
PropertyValue
Headwordescada
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/isˈka.dɐ/, /esˈka.dɐ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,626
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of escada in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for escada is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /isˈka.dɐ/, /esˈka.dɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #5,626 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for escada, with forms such as "ecsada", "esacda", and "escaad". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "estado", "escola", "escala", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is escada, spelled E-S-C-A-D-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    equipamento formado por degraus que é usado para subir e descer de lugares altos
  2. 2
    parte de uma construção formada por degraus que leva de um andar a outro
  3. 3
    na dramaturgia humorística, sobretudo circense, o ator que dá o mote para que o palhaço ou o humorista principal faça a piada ou aplique uma troça
  4. 4
    tudo aquilo que serve para elevar algo ou alguém
  5. 5
    a parte ventral da baleia, entre os baleeiros
  6. 6
    modalidade de aposta na qual o resultado anterior define uma unidade para mais ou para menos para a próxima

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ecsada,esacda,escaad,escadda,esccada,escdaa,esscada,secada

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for escada

Misspelling Variants of "escada"

ecsada6esacda6escaad6escadda7esccada7escdaa6esscada7secada6
Misspelling Variants of "escada"

Frequency rank: #5,626 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "escada"?
"escada" is spelled E-S-C-A-D-A. The IPA pronunciation is /isˈka.dɐ/, /esˈka.dɐ/.
What does "escada" mean?
As a noun, "escada" means: equipamento formado por degraus que é usado para subir e descer de lugares altos
What words are commonly confused with "escada"?
"escada" is commonly confused with "estado", "escola", "escala". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "escada"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "escada" is /isˈka.dɐ/, /esˈka.dɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "escada" come from?
"escada" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.