Veracruz
"veracruz" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Veracruz” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #39,152. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,152
- frequency rank, English
- 7,391
- “V” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A coastal state in southeastern Mexico.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Veracruz |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #39,152 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Veracruz” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Veracruz, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #39,152 among 7,391 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Veracruz, with forms such as "evracruz", "vearcruz", and "veraccruz". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Spanish Veracruz. The correct English form is Veracruz, spelled V-E-R-A-C-R-U-Z.
Definition
- 1A coastal state in southeastern Mexico.
- 2A city in Veracruz, Mexico.
- 3A surname from Spanish.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Veracruz.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: evracruz,vearcruz,veraccruz,veracrruz,veracruzz,veracrzu,veracurz,verarcuz,vercaruz,verracruz,vreacruz,vveracruz
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Veracruz - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “Veracruz”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is V-E-R-A-C-R-U-Z - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.