Zaragoza
/ˌsɑɹ.əˈɡoʊ.sə/
"zaragoza" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Zaragoza” is uncommon English (frequency #55,875 among 2,810 “Z” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,875
- frequency rank, English
- 2,810
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A city, the regional capital of Aragon, Spain.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zaragoza |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˌsɑɹ.əˈɡoʊ.sə/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #55,875 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Zaragoza” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Zaragoza is uncommon English at frequency #55,875 among 2,810 “Z” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˌsɑɹ.əˈɡoʊ.sə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 8 senses are on record.
Zaragoza doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Spanish Zaragoza, from Old Navarro-Aragonese Zaragoza, from Mozarabic, from Latin Caesaraugusta, named after Roman Emperor Augustus. Doublet of Caesaraugusta. The correct English form is Zaragoza, spelled Z-A-R-A-G-O-Z-A.
Definition
- 1A city, the regional capital of Aragon, Spain.
- 2A province of Aragon, Spain.
- 3A town in La Libertad department, El Salvador.
- 4A barangay of Bolinao, Pangasinan, Philippines.
- 5A municipality of Nueva Ecija, Philippines.
- 6A barangay of Bugasong, Antique, Philippines.
- 7A barangay of Matalom, Leyte, Philippines.
- 8A barangay of Surigao, Surigao del Norte, Philippines.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Zaragoza, from Old Navarro-Aragonese Zaragoza, from Mozarabic, from Latin Caesaraugusta, named after Roman Emperor Augustus. Doublet of Caesaraugusta.
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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 “Zaragoza”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is Z-A-R-A-G-O-Z-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌsɑɹ.əˈɡoʊ.sə/ (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.