escuta

noun

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The verdict

“escuta” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #4,149. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,149
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,279
“E” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ato ou efeito de escutar

Corpus desk

Index PT-escuta · escuta · Portuguese

escuta · rank #4,149 · 8 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,149
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,279
  • PHOTO-FINISH envolver

Nearest frequency peer: envolver (-2 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 “escuta”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “escuta” 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).

escuta vs está
50% similar
escuta vs escutar
86% similar
escuta vs escola
67% similar

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

Key facts for escuta
PropertyValue
Headwordescuta
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,149
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “escuta”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.escutacai 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 “envolver” (#4,147), “febre” (#4,152), “funcionário” (#4,154). Entre 1,279 lemas com “E”, “escuta” fica em #4,149. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around escuta, anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,149 among 1,279 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "ato ou efeito de escutar".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for escuta, with forms such as "ecsuta", "esccuta", and "esctua". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "está", "escutar", "escola", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is escuta, spelled E-S-C-U-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato ou efeito de escutar

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how escuta appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Realizaram a escuta dos problemas de cada cidadão.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ecsuta
  • esccuta
  • esctua
  • escuat
  • escutta
  • esscuta
  • esucta
  • secuta

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ecsuta2esccuta1esctua2escuat2escutta1esscuta1esucta2secuta2
Edit distance from "escuta"

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 "escuta"?
"escuta" is spelled E-S-C-U-T-A.
What does "escuta" mean?
As a noun, "escuta" means: ato ou efeito de escutar
What words are commonly confused with "escuta"?
"escuta" is commonly confused with "está", "escutar", "escola". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "escuta" come from?
"escuta" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

nestes#4,165atrair#4,205atraso#4,206julgar#4,076

Similar misspelling depth

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

espada8 variantsdemora8 variantsapagar8 variantspainel8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list