Bogotá
[boɣ̞oˈt̪a]
The verdict
“Bogotá” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #2,439. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,439
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 24,339
- “B” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Distrito capital y ciudad capital de Colombia, también llamada Santafé de Bogotá.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bogotá |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [boɣ̞oˈt̪a] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #2,439 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Bogotá” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Bogotá (IPA [boɣ̞oˈt̪a]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #2,439 among 24,339 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Distrito capital y ciudad capital de Colombia, también llamada Santafé de Bogotá.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Bogotá, with forms such as "bbogotá", "bgootá", and "boggotá". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "bota", "boot", "bosta", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is Bogotá, spelled B-O-G-O-T-Á.
Definition
- 1Distrito capital y ciudad capital de Colombia, también llamada Santafé de Bogotá.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbogotá
- bgootá
- boggotá
- bogottá
- bogoát
- bogtoá
- boogtá
- obgotá
- vogotá
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Bogotá - 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.
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Using “Bogotá”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is B-O-G-O-T-Á - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [boɣ̞oˈt̪a] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “bota” - see the side-by-side comparison. Bogotá vs bota
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Same frequency band
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.