Acapulco
[akaˈpulko]
The verdict
“Acapulco” is uncommon German (frequency #57,636 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,636
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Stadt in Mexiko
Corpus desk
Index DE-acapulco · Acapulco · German
Acapulco · rank #57,636 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,636
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH abtrünnige
Nearest frequency peer: abtrünnige (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Acapulco”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- abgewertet
abgewertet
42,369 corpus weight
- ABM
ABM
42,367 corpus weight
- abtrünnige
abtrünnige
42,366 corpus weight
- Acapulco
Acapulco
42,365 corpus weight
- ado
ado
42,364 corpus weight
- Aggressor
Aggressor
42,363 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Acapulco” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Acapulco |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [akaˈpulko] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #57,636 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Acapulco” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Acapulco is uncommon German at frequency #57,636 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [akaˈpulko]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Stadt in Mexiko".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Acapulco, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Acapulco, spelled A-C-A-P-U-L-C-O.
Definition
- 1Stadt in Mexiko
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Acapulco appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In den nächsten Sommerferien fliegen wir nach Acapulco.
Acapulco liegt circa 300 Kilometer südlich von Mexiko-Stadt an der Küste des Pazifischen Ozeans.
This word in other languages
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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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