Which to use
“escada” and “escola” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,626
- “escada” frequency rank
- #275
- “escola” frequency rank
- 5901
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | escada | escola |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | equipamento formado por degraus que é usado para subir e descer de lugares altos | instituição social que tem a missão de educar |
Where the eye mixes escada and escola
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. escada and escola follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between escada and escola
A purely visual mix-up. escada (/isˈka.dɐ/, /esˈka.dɐ/) and escola (/is.ˈkɔ.la/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5901, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
escada is recorded at frequency rank #5,626, classified as anoun, pronounced /isˈka.dɐ/, /esˈka.dɐ/. escola is at rank #275, tagged as anoun, pronounced /is.ˈkɔ.la/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 5901, this pair ranks #68,647 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of escada vs escola
Shared letters: aces. Private to "escada": d. Private to "escola": lo.
"escada" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "escola" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "escada" and "escola" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "escada" vs "escola" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "escada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "escola" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #68,647 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "escada" and "escola" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enxada vs escada". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #68,647 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.