escalada

/iʃ.kɐ.ˈla.dɐ/

//iʃ.kɐ.ˈla.dɐ// noun

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The verdict

“escalada” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #8,048. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,048
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,279
“E” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ação de escalar; escalamento

Corpus desk

Index PT-escalada · escalada · Portuguese

escalada · rank #8,048 · 11 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,048
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,279
  • PHOTO-FINISH espectro

Nearest frequency peer: espectro (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “escalada”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “escalada” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

escalada vs escalão
63% similar
escalada vs escalar
75% similar
escalada vs escala
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for escalada
PropertyValue
Headwordescalada
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/iʃ.kɐ.ˈla.dɐ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#8,048
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “escalada”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).escaladacai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “espectro” (#8,049), “fast” (#8,052), “fauna” (#8,053). Entre 1,279 lemas com “E”, “escalada” fica em #8,048. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around escalada (IPA /iʃ.kɐ.ˈla.dɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,048 among 1,279 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for escalada, with forms such as "ecsalada", "esaclada", and "escaalda". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "escalão", "escalar", "escala", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is escalada, spelled E-S-C-A-L-A-D-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    ação de escalar; escalamento
  2. 2
    aumento progressivo da intensidade de uma ofensiva militar ou de uma atividade bélica ou violenta
  3. 3
    envio de maior número de soldados e armas a uma guerra, tornando-a mais agressiva e cruenta

Synonyms

alpinismoascendimentoascensãoascensoelevaçãoescalamentoherminismosubidatrepaçãoaumento

Antonyms

aumento

This word in other languages

climb(English)escalada(Español)escalade(Français)Kletterei(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ecsalada
  • esaclada
  • escaalda
  • escalaad
  • escaladda
  • escaldaa
  • escallada
  • esccalada
  • esclaada
  • esscalada
  • secalada

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of escalada - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ecsalada2esaclada2escaalda2escalaad2escaladda1escaldaa2escallada1esccalada1
Edit distance from "escalada"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "escalada"?
"escalada" is spelled E-S-C-A-L-A-D-A. The IPA pronunciation is /iʃ.kɐ.ˈla.dɐ/.
What does "escalada" mean?
As a noun, "escalada" means: ação de escalar; escalamento
What words are commonly confused with "escalada"?
"escalada" is commonly confused with "escalão", "escalar", "escala". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "escalada"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "escalada" is /iʃ.kɐ.ˈla.dɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "escalada" come from?
"escalada" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "escalada", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

espectro#8,049derivado#8,037lembrado#8,073chuveiro#8,018

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

católico11 variantsapertado11 variantsquadrado11 variantsseparado11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list