Excape vs. Escape: What's the Difference?
Edited by Huma Saeed || By Sawaira Riaz || Updated on October 21, 2023
"Excape" is a common misspelling. The correct spelling is "Escape," which means to break free from confinement or control.
Which is correct: Excape or Escape
How to spell Escape?
Excape is Incorrect
Escape is Correct
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Key Differences
Remember the prefix "es-" as in "establish" and "estimate."
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Oct 20, 2023
Avoid adding an unnecessary "x" which is absent in the correct spelling.
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Think of the word "scape" like "landscape" to help remember the correct formation.
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Associate the word "Escape" with the famous book "The Great Escape."
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Oct 20, 2023
Visual reminders: Create flashcards or post-it notes with the correct spelling.
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Excape and Escape Definitions
Escape
Escape can mean an act of distraction or relief from reality.
Reading is her escape from stress.
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Sep 12, 2023
Escape
Escape can imply a leakage, as of gas or liquid.
There's a water escape in the pipe.
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Sep 12, 2023
Escape
Escape can also refer to a key on a keyboard.
Press the escape key to exit the program.
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Escape
To issue from confinement or enclosure; leak or seep out
Gas was escaping from the vent.
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Escape
To avoid a serious or unwanted outcome
Escaped from the accident with their lives.
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Escape
(Biology) To become established in the wild. Used of a plant or animal.
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Escape
(Computers) To interrupt a command, exit a program, or change levels within a program by using a key, combination of keys, or key sequence.
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Escape
To break loose from; get free of
The spacecraft escaped Earth's gravitational field.
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Escape
To be outside the memory or understanding of; fail to be remembered or understood by
Her name escapes me. The book's significance escaped him.
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Escape
A means of obtaining temporary freedom from worry, care, or unpleasantness
Television is my escape from worry.
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Escape
(Biology) A cultivated plant or a domesticated or confined animal that has become established in the wild.
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Escape
(Computers) A key used especially to interrupt a command, exit a program, or change levels within a program.
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Escape
(intransitive) To get free; to free oneself.
The prisoners escaped by jumping over a wall.
The factory was evacuated after toxic gases escaped from a pipe.
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Escape
(transitive) To avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from.
He only got a fine and so escaped going to jail.
The children climbed out of the window to escape the fire.
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Escape
(intransitive) To avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment.
Luckily, I escaped with only a fine.
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Escape
(transitive) To elude the observation or notice of; to not be seen or remembered by.
The name of the hotel escapes me at present.
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Escape
To cause (a single character, or all such characters in a string) to be interpreted literally, instead of with any special meaning it would usually have in the same context, often by prefixing with another character.
When using the "bash" shell, you can escape the ampersand character with a backslash.
Brion escaped the double quote character on Windows by adding a second double quote within the literal.
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Escape
(computing) To halt a program or command by pressing a key (such as the "Esc" key) or combination of keys.
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Escape
The act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation.
The prisoners made their escape by digging a tunnel.
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Escape
Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid, or an electric current through defective insulation.
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Escape
(programming) The text character represented by 27 (decimal) or 1B (hexadecimal).
You forgot to insert an escape in the datastream.
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Escape
(manufacturing) A defective product that is allowed to leave a manufacturing facility.
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Escape
(obsolete) That which escapes attention or restraint; a mistake, oversight, or transgression.
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Escape
To flee from and avoid; to be saved or exempt from; to shun; to obtain security from; as, to escape danger.
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Escape
To avoid the notice of; to pass unobserved by; to evade; as, the fact escaped our attention.
They escaped the search of the enemy.
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Escape
To flee, and become secure from danger; - often followed by from or out of.
Haste, for thy life escape, nor look behind
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Escape
To get clear from danger or evil of any form; to be passed without harm.
Such heretics . . . would have been thought fortunate, if they escaped with life.
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Escape
To get free from that which confines or holds; - used of persons or things; as, to escape from prison, from arrest, or from slavery; gas escapes from the pipes; electricity escapes from its conductors.
To escape out of these meshes.
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Escape
The act of fleeing from danger, of evading harm, or of avoiding notice; deliverance from injury or any evil; flight; as, an escape in battle; a narrow escape; also, the means of escape; as, a fire escape.
I would hasten my escape from the windy storm.
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Escape
That which escapes attention or restraint; a mistake; an oversight; also, transgression.
I should have been more accurate, and corrected all those former escapes.
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Escape
The unlawful permission, by a jailer or other custodian, of a prisoner's departure from custody.
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Escape
Leakage or loss of currents from the conducting wires, caused by defective insulation.
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Escape
The act of escaping physically;
He made his escape from the mental hospital
The canary escaped from its cage
His flight was an indication of his guilt
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Escape
An inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy;
Romantic novels were her escape from the stress of daily life
His alcohol problem was a form of escapism
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Escape
The unwanted discharge of a fluid from some container;
They tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe
He had to clean up the leak
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Escape
A valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler); it opens automatically when the pressure reaches a dangerous level
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Escape
Nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do;
His evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible
That escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive
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Escape
A means or way of escaping;
Hard work was his escape from worry
They installed a second hatch as an escape
Their escape route
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Escape
Run away from confinement;
The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison
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Escape
Escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action;
She gets away with murder!
I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities
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Escape
Be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by;
What you are seeing in him eludes me
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Escape
Remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion;
We escaped to our summer house for a few days
The president of the company never manages to get away during the summer
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Escape
Flee; take to one's heels; cut and run;
If you see this man, run!
The burglars escaped before the police showed up
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Escape
Escape denotes breaking free from confinement or restraint.
The prisoner tried to escape from jail.
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Sep 12, 2023
Escape
Escape can refer to avoiding a situation or danger.
They managed to escape the storm.
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FAQs
Why is it called Escape?
It originates from the Latin word "ex-" meaning "out" and "cappa" meaning "cloak," essentially meaning to "slip out of a cloak."
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Which vowel is used before Escape?
It depends on the context; no specific vowel is always used before "Escape."
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Oct 20, 2023
Which conjunction is used with Escape?
Any conjunction can be used depending on the context.
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Is the Escape term a metaphor?
It can be used metaphorically, e.g., "an escape from reality."
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Oct 20, 2023
Is Escape an abstract noun?
It can be, when referring to an intangible release or distraction.
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Oct 20, 2023
How is Escape used in a sentence?
"He managed to escape the confines of the room through the window."
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Oct 20, 2023
Is Escape a negative or positive word?
Neutral; context determines its connotation.
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Oct 20, 2023
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