Veracruz
[veʁaˈkʁuːs]
The verdict
“Veracruz” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mexikanischer Bundesstaat an der Ostküste
Corpus desk
Index DE-veracruz · Veracruz · German
Veracruz · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Veracruz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [veʁaˈkʁuːs] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Veracruz“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Veracruz is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [veʁaˈkʁuːs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Veracruz, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Veracruz, spelled V-E-R-A-C-R-U-Z.
Definition
- 1mexikanischer Bundesstaat an der Ostküste
- 2am Golf von Mexiko, im gleichnamigen Bundesstaat gelegene Stadt in Mexiko
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Veracruz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Wenige Tage später werden in drei Privathäusern in Boca del Río, Bundesstaat Veracruz, sechsunddreißig Leichen gefunden.“
„Er habe entschieden, nicht bis Veracruz mitzufahren, sondern in vier Tagen von Bord zu gehen.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.