escola

/is.ˈkɔ.la/

//is.ˈkɔ.la// noun

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The verdict

“escola” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #275. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#275
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,279
“E” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - instituição social que tem a missão de educar

Corpus desk

Index PT-escola · escola · Portuguese

escola · rank #275 · 8 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #275
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,279
  • PHOTO-FINISH amor

Nearest frequency peer: amor (-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 “escola”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “escola” 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).

escola vs escuta
67% similar
escola vs escova
83% similar
escola vs escopo
67% similar

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

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)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “escola”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).escolacai 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 “amor” (#274), “frente” (#276), “sistema” (#272). Entre 1,279 lemas com “E”, “escola” fica em #275. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around escola (IPA /is.ˈkɔ.la/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #275 among 1,279 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for escola, with forms such as "ecsola", "esccola", and "escloa". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "escuta", "escova", "escopo", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is escola, spelled E-S-C-O-L-A.

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

educandárioaprendizagemcorrenteestilométodoseitasistema

This word in other languages

school(English)escuela(Español)école(Français)Schule(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ecsola
  • esccola
  • escloa
  • escoal
  • escolla
  • esocla
  • esscola
  • secola

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of escola - 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.

ecsola2esccola1escloa2escoal2escolla1esocla2esscola1secola2
Edit distance from "escola"

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 "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's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

frente#276número#266região#289partir#298

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

comigo8 variantsembora8 variantsdeixar8 variantssemana8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list