Bogotá

[boɣ̞oˈt̪a]

/[boɣ̞oˈt̪a]/ name

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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
2,459
“B” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Distrito capital y ciudad capital de Colombia, también llamada Santafé de Bogotá.

Corpus desk

Index ES-bogota · Bogotá · Spanish

Bogotá · rank #2,439 · 9 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,439
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,459
  • PHOTO-FINISH ausencia

Nearest frequency peer: ausencia (-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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “Bogotá”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “Bogotá” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Bogotá vs bota
33% similar
Bogotá vs boot
50% similar
Bogotá vs bosta
33% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Bogotá
PropertyValue
HeadwordBogotá
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[boɣ̞oˈt̪a]
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,439
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “Bogotá”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).Bogotácae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “ausencia” (#2,438), “cabello” (#2,440), “antiguos” (#2,437). Entre 2,459 lemas con “B”, “Bogotá” va en #2,439. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around Bogotá (IPA [boɣ̞oˈt̪a]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #2,439 among 2,459 “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

  1. 1
    Distrito capital y ciudad capital de Colombia, también llamada Santafé de Bogotá.

This word in other languages

Bogotá(English)Bogotá(Français)Bogotá(Deutsch)

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.

bbogotá1bgootá2boggotá1bogottá1bogoát2bogtoá2boogtá2obgotá2
Edit distance from "Bogotá"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Bogotá"?
"Bogotá" is spelled B-O-G-O-T-Á. The IPA pronunciation is [boɣ̞oˈt̪a].
What does "Bogotá" mean?
As a proper noun, "Bogotá" means: Distrito capital y ciudad capital de Colombia, también llamada Santafé de Bogotá.
What words are commonly confused with "Bogotá"?
"Bogotá" is commonly confused with "bota", "boot", "bosta". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Bogotá"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bogotá" is [boɣ̞oˈt̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bogotá" come from?
"Bogotá" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Bogotá", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

cabello9 variantsdiálogo9 variantsestadio9 variantsmadres9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list