Arauca

Name: Arauca, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[aˈɾawka]

/[aˈɾawka]/ name

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“Arauca” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #37,426. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,426
frequency rank, Spanish: 7,704
“A” headwords: 7
tracked misspellings: 16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Departamento de Colombia, ubicado al oriente del país, en la zona conocida como la Orinoquía, los Llanos Orientales, el Llano o región llanera.

Corpus desk

Index ES-arauca · Arauca · Spanish

Arauca · rank #37,426 · 7 variants · 16 confusables

FREQ-MID #37,426
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
VAR-MID 7 variants
BOOK-DENSE 7,704
PHOTO-FINISH arepas

Nearest frequency peer: arepas (+1 rank slots)

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.

aprobaba

62,579
apuntarse

62,577
Arauca

62,575
arepas

62,574
Armand

62,573
arnés

62,572

What this shows “Arauca” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Arauca vs arca

50% similar

Arauca vs ataca

50% similar

Arauca vs Arica

67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Arauca
Property	Value
Headword	Arauca
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Proper noun
IPA	[aˈɾawka]
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#37,426
Misspellings tracked	7
Confusable pairs	16
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “Arauca”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.Araucacae aquí:

#37,426

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “arepas” (#37,427), “apuntarse” (#37,424), “Armand” (#37,428). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “Arauca” va en #37,426. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Arauca (IPA [aˈɾawka]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #37,426 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Arauca, with forms such as "aaruca", "aracua", and "arauac". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "arca", "ataca", "Arica", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is Arauca, spelled A-R-A-U-C-A.

Definition

1
Departamento de Colombia, ubicado al oriente del país, en la zona conocida como la Orinoquía, los Llanos Orientales, el Llano o región llanera.
2
Ciudad capital del departamento de Arauca₁.
3
Río que nace en los Andes orientales de Colombia y desemboca en el río Orinoco, en Venezuela, con 1050 kilómetros de longitud.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

aaruca
aracua
arauac
araucca
arrauca
aruaca
raauca

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Arauca - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "Arauca"

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Arauca"?

"Arauca" is spelled A-R-A-U-C-A. The IPA pronunciation is [aˈɾawka].

What does "Arauca" mean?

As a proper noun, "Arauca" means: Departamento de Colombia, ubicado al oriente del país, en la zona conocida como la Orinoquía, los Llanos Orientales, el Llano o región llanera.

What words are commonly confused with "Arauca"?

"Arauca" is commonly confused with "arca", "ataca", "Arica". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "Arauca"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Arauca" is [aˈɾawka]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "Arauca" come from?

"Arauca" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

arepas#37,427 Armand#37,428 arrojo#37,432 asiduo#37,433

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

arnés7 variants Abona7 variants bong7 variants both7 variants