escalão

//iʃ.kɐ.ˈlɐ̃w̃// noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#10,000

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

escalão is aPortuguesenoun. It means: nível hierárquico Pronounced /iʃ.kɐ.ˈlɐ̃w̃/. It ranks #10,000 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with escola and estalo.

Key facts for escalão
PropertyValue
Headwordescalão
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/iʃ.kɐ.ˈlɐ̃w̃/
Letters7
Frequency rank#10,000
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for escalão is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /iʃ.kɐ.ˈlɐ̃w̃/. Corpus data places it at rank #10,000 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "nível hierárquico".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for escalão, with forms such as "ecsalão", "esaclão", and "escallão". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "escola", "estalo", "estação", 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 escalão, spelled E-S-C-A-L-Ã-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    nível hierárquico

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ecsalão,esaclão,escallão,escaloã,escaãlo,esccalão,esclaão,esscalão,secalão

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for escalão

Misspelling Variants of "escalão"

ecsalão7esaclão7escallão8escaloã7escaãlo7esccalão8esclaão7esscalão8
Misspelling Variants of "escalão"

Frequency rank: #10,000 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "escalão"?
"escalão" is spelled E-S-C-A-L-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /iʃ.kɐ.ˈlɐ̃w̃/.
What does "escalão" mean?
As a noun, "escalão" means: nível hierárquico
What words are commonly confused with "escalão"?
"escalão" is commonly confused with "escola", "estalo", "estação". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "escalão"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "escalão" is /iʃ.kɐ.ˈlɐ̃w̃/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "escalão" come from?
"escalão" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter E in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.