Arauca

/[aˈɾawka]/ name

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#37,426

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

16

similar word pairs

Arauca is aSpanishname. It means: Departamento de Colombia, ubicado al oriente del país, en la zona conocida como la Orinoquía, los Llanos Orientales, el Llano o región llanera. Pronounced [aˈɾawka]. Often confused with arca and ataca.

Key facts for Arauca
PropertyValue
HeadwordArauca
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechName
IPA[aˈɾawka]
Letters6
Frequency rank#37,426
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Arauca in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for Arauca is 6 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aˈɾawka]. Corpus data places it at rank #37,426 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for Arauca, with forms such as "aaruca", "aracua", and "arauac". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.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.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is Arauca, spelled A-R-A-U-C-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 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. 2
    Ciudad capital del departamento de Arauca₁.
  3. 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

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Arauca

Misspelling Variants of "Arauca"

aaruca6aracua6arauac6araucca7arrauca7aruaca6raauca6
Misspelling Variants of "Arauca"

Frequency rank: #37,426 in Spanish

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 name, "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. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.