Andorra la Vella

/[anˈdɔʁa ɫa ˈveʎa]/ phrase

The verdict

“Andorra la Vella” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a phrase — the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
16
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: Andorras Hauptstadt

Key facts for Andorra la Vella
PropertyValue
HeadwordAndorra la Vella
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[anˈdɔʁa ɫa ˈveʎa]
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Andorra la Vella” sits in German frequency

Andorra la Vella falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words — the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Andorra la Vella is 16 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [anˈdɔʁa ɫa ˈveʎa]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Andorras Hauptstadt".

No misspelling variants are generated for Andorra la Vella in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Andorra la Vella, spelled A-N-D-O-R-R-A- -L-A- -V-E-L-L-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Andorras Hauptstadt

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Andorra la Vella"?
"Andorra la Vella" is spelled A-N-D-O-R-R-A- -L-A- -V-E-L-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is [anˈdɔʁa ɫa ˈveʎa].
What does "Andorra la Vella" mean?
As a phrase, "Andorra la Vella" means: Andorras Hauptstadt
How do you pronounce "Andorra la Vella"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Andorra la Vella" is [anˈdɔʁa ɫa ˈveʎa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Andorra la Vella" come from?
"Andorra la Vella" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “Andorra la Vella”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is A-N-D-O-R-R-A- -L-A- -V-E-L-L-A — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [anˈdɔʁa ɫa ˈveʎa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.