escola

//is.ˈkɔ.la// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#275

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

14

similar word pairs

escola is aPortuguesenoun. It means: instituição social que tem a missão de educar Pronounced /is.ˈkɔ.la/. It ranks #275 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with escuta and escova.

Key facts for escola
PropertyValue
Headwordescola
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/is.ˈkɔ.la/
Letters6
Frequency rank#275
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for escola is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /is.ˈkɔ.la/. Corpus data places it at rank #275 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for escola, with forms such as "ecsola", "esccola", and "escloa". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "escuta", "escova", "escopo", 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 escola, spelled E-S-C-O-L-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    instituição social que tem a missão de educar
  2. 2
    casa, edificação onde se ensina
  3. 3
    conjunto dos professores (docentes) e dos alunos (discentes)
  4. 4
    doutrina

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ecsola,esccola,escloa,escoal,escolla,esocla,esscola,secola

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for escola

Misspelling Variants of "escola"

ecsola6esccola7escloa6escoal6escolla7esocla6esscola7secola6
Misspelling Variants of "escola"

Frequency rank: #275 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "escola"?
"escola" is spelled E-S-C-O-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is /is.ˈkɔ.la/.
What does "escola" mean?
As a noun, "escola" means: instituição social que tem a missão de educar
What words are commonly confused with "escola"?
"escola" is commonly confused with "escuta", "escova", "escopo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "escola"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "escola" is /is.ˈkɔ.la/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "escola" come from?
"escola" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.