# escala vs escalada

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### escala
*noun · IPA /iʃ.ˈka.lɐ/ · frequency rank #2,320*
ato de escalar; escada; escalada

### escalada
*noun · IPA /iʃ.kɐ.ˈla.dɐ/ · frequency rank #8,048*
ação de escalar; escalamento

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/escala-vs-escalada