Oaxaca
/wəˈhæ.kə/
"oaxaca" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Oaxaca” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #37,600. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #37,600
- frequency rank, English
- 15,494
- “O” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A city in Mexico.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Oaxaca |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /wəˈhæ.kə/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #37,600 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Oaxaca” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Oaxaca (IPA /wəˈhæ.kə/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #37,600 among 15,494 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Oaxaca, with forms such as "aoxaca", "oaaxca", and "oaxaac". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Spanish Oaxaca, from Classical Nahuatl Huāxyacac, from Huāxacatzin (“name of a hill”), from huāxin (huaje) (Leucaena leucocephala) + yacatl (“nose”) + -tzin (“honorific suffix”). The correct English form is Oaxaca, spelled O-A-X-A-C-A.
Definition
- 1A city in Mexico.
- 2A municipality whose municipal seat is the city of the same name.
- 3A state of Mexico.
- 4A habitational surname from Spanish.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Oaxaca, from Classical Nahuatl Huāxyacac, from Huāxacatzin (“name of a hill”), from huāxin (huaje) (Leucaena leucocephala) + yacatl (“nose”) + -tzin (“honorific suffix”).
Synonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aoxaca,oaaxca,oaxaac,oaxacca,oaxcaa,oaxxaca,oxaaca
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Oaxaca - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Oaxaca”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is O-A-X-A-C-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /wəˈhæ.kə/ (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.