escape

//iʃ.ˈka.pɨ// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,891

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

escape is aPortuguesenoun. It means: ato ou efeito de escapar; escapamento Pronounced /iʃ.ˈka.pɨ/. It ranks #8,891 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with escopo and estate.

Key facts for escape
PropertyValue
Headwordescape
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/iʃ.ˈka.pɨ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#8,891
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for escape is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /iʃ.ˈka.pɨ/. Corpus data places it at rank #8,891 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 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 escape, with forms such as "ecsape", "esacpe", and "escaep". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "escopo", "estate", "estepe", 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 escape, spelled E-S-C-A-P-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato ou efeito de escapar; escapamento
  2. 2
    fuga, escapada
  3. 3
    tubo ou orifício por onde saem gases ou líquidos; escapamento
  4. 4
    escapo (de relógio)
  5. 5
    dispositivo que libera a queda da matriz numa linotipo

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ecsape,esacpe,escaep,escappe,esccape,escpae,esscape,secape

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for escape

Misspelling Variants of "escape"

ecsape6esacpe6escaep6escappe7esccape7escpae6esscape7secape6
Misspelling Variants of "escape"

Frequency rank: #8,891 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "escape"?
"escape" is spelled E-S-C-A-P-E. The IPA pronunciation is /iʃ.ˈka.pɨ/.
What does "escape" mean?
As a noun, "escape" means: ato ou efeito de escapar; escapamento
What words are commonly confused with "escape"?
"escape" is commonly confused with "escopo", "estate", "estepe". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "escape"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "escape" is /iʃ.ˈka.pɨ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "escape" come from?
"escape" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.