Valladolid

/ˌvaɪ.ə.dəˈliːd/

//ˌvaɪ.ə.dəˈliːd// name

"valladolid" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Valladolid” is uncommon English (frequency #55,842 among 969 “V” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,842
frequency rank, English
969
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A city in Castile and León, Spain.

Corpus desk

Index EN-valladolid · Valladolid · English

Valladolid · rank #55,842 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,842
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 969
  • PHOTO-FINISH Uther

Nearest frequency peer: Uther (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

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.

Long-tail ranks near “Valladolid”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “Valladolid” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Valladolid
PropertyValue
HeadwordValladolid
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
IPA/ˌvaɪ.ə.dəˈliːd/
Letters10
Frequency rank#55,842
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Valladolid” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).Valladolidfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “Uther” (#55,841), “Villanueva” (#55,843), “urbane” (#55,840). Among 969 “V” headwords, “Valladolid” is #55,842. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Valladolid is uncommon English at frequency #55,842 among 969 “V” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˌvaɪ.ə.dəˈliːd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for Valladolid in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is Valladolid, spelled V-A-L-L-A-D-O-L-I-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    A city in Castile and León, Spain.
  2. 2
    A province in Castile and León, Spain.
  3. 3
    A municipality of Negros Occidental, Philippines.
  4. 4
    A barangay of Loboc, Bohol, Philippines.
  5. 5
    A barangay of Carcar, Cebu, Philippines.

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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Valladolid"?
"Valladolid" is spelled V-A-L-L-A-D-O-L-I-D. The IPA pronunciation is /ˌvaɪ.ə.dəˈliːd/.
What does "Valladolid" mean?
As a proper noun, "Valladolid" means: A city in Castile and León, Spain.
How do you pronounce "Valladolid"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Valladolid" is /ˌvaɪ.ə.dəˈliːd/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Valladolid" come from?
"Valladolid" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Valladolid", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list