Barranquilla

/[barãŋˈkiʝa]/ name

The verdict

“Barranquilla” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #11,173 in Spanish word frequency and used as a proper noun.

#11,173
frequency rank, Spanish
12
letters
15
tracked misspellings

Dominant Wiktionary sense: Ciudad capital del departamento del Atlántico, en la región Caribe de Colombia. Coordenadas 10°59′N 74°47′O.

Key facts for Barranquilla
PropertyValue
HeadwordBarranquilla
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[barãŋˈkiʝa]
Letters12
Frequency rank#11,173
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Barranquilla” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Barranquilla lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for Barranquilla is 12 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [barãŋˈkiʝa]. Corpus data places it at rank #11,173 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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 variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. 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 Barranquilla, spelled B-A-R-R-A-N-Q-U-I-L-L-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ciudad 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 — 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 "Barranquilla"

abrranquilla2baranquilla1bararnquilla2barrannquilla1barranqiulla2barranqquilla1barranquila1barranquilal2
Edit distance from "Barranquilla"

Frequency rank: #11,173 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Barranquilla"?
"Barranquilla" is spelled B-A-R-R-A-N-Q-U-I-L-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is [barãŋˈkiʝa].
What does "Barranquilla" mean?
As a proper noun, "Barranquilla" means: Ciudad capital del departamento del Atlántico, en la región Caribe de Colombia. Coordenadas 10°59′N 74°47′O.
What are common misspellings of "Barranquilla"?
Common misspellings include "abrranquilla", "baranquilla", "bararnquilla", "barrannquilla", "barranqiulla". The correct spelling is "Barranquilla".
How do you pronounce "Barranquilla"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Barranquilla" is [barãŋˈkiʝa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Barranquilla" come from?
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Using “Barranquilla”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is B-A-R-R-A-N-Q-U-I-L-L-A — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [barãŋˈkiʝa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words

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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.