Barranquilla
[barãŋˈkiʝa]
The verdict
“Barranquilla” has 15 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #11,173. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,173
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 24,339
- “B” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ciudad capital del departamento del Atlántico, en la región Caribe de Colombia. Coordenadas 10°59′N 74°47′O.
Corpus desk
Index ES-barranquilla · Barranquilla · Spanish
Barranquilla · rank #11,173 · 15 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,173
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 24,339
- PHOTO-FINISH bandeja
Nearest frequency peer: bandeja (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Barranquilla”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- auriculares
auriculares
88,831 corpus weight
- ban
ban
88,830 corpus weight
- bandeja
bandeja
88,829 corpus weight
- Barranquilla
Barranquilla
88,828 corpus weight
- boliviana
boliviana
88,827 corpus weight
- brasileños
brasileños
88,826 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Barranquilla” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Barranquilla |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [barãŋˈkiʝa] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #11,173 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Barranquilla” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around Barranquilla (IPA [barãŋˈkiʝa]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #11,173 among 24,339 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Ciudad capital del departamento del Atlántico, en la región Caribe de Colombia. Coordenadas 10°59′N 74°47′O.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Barranquilla, with forms such as "abrranquilla", "baranquilla", and "bararnquilla". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is Barranquilla, spelled B-A-R-R-A-N-Q-U-I-L-L-A.
Definition
- 1Ciudad capital del departamento del Atlántico, en la región Caribe de Colombia. Coordenadas 10°59′N 74°47′O.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abrranquilla
- baranquilla
- bararnquilla
- barrannquilla
- barranqiulla
- barranqquilla
- barranquila
- barranquilal
- barranqulila
- barranuqilla
- barraqnuilla
- barrnaquilla
- bbarranquilla
- braranquilla
- varranquilla
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Barranquilla - 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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Barranquilla", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).
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.