Bakersfield

/[bakeɾsˈfjel̪d̪]/ name

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#76,109

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Bakersfield is aSpanishname. It means: es una ciudad del Estado de California Estados Unidos Pronounced [bakeɾsˈfjel̪d̪].

Key facts for Bakersfield
PropertyValue
HeadwordBakersfield
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechName
IPA[bakeɾsˈfjel̪d̪]
Letters11
Frequency rank#76,109
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for Bakersfield is 11 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bakeɾsˈfjel̪d̪]. Corpus data places it at rank #76,109 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "es una ciudad del Estado de California Estados Unidos".

No misspelling variants are generated for Bakersfield in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 Bakersfield, spelled B-A-K-E-R-S-F-I-E-L-D, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    es una ciudad del Estado de California Estados Unidos

Frequency rank: #76,109 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Bakersfield"?
"Bakersfield" is spelled B-A-K-E-R-S-F-I-E-L-D. The IPA pronunciation is [bakeɾsˈfjel̪d̪].
What does "Bakersfield" mean?
As a name, "Bakersfield" means: es una ciudad del Estado de California Estados Unidos
How do you pronounce "Bakersfield"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bakersfield" is [bakeɾsˈfjel̪d̪]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bakersfield" come from?
"Bakersfield" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.