Campina Grande

[kãmˈpina ˈɣ̞ɾãn̪d̪e]

/[kãmˈpina ˈɣ̞ɾãn̪d̪e]/ name

The verdict

“Campina Grande” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a proper noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency Spanish
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — es un ciudad del Estado de Paraiba Brasil

Key facts for Campina Grande
PropertyValue
HeadwordCampina Grande
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[kãmˈpina ˈɣ̞ɾãn̪d̪e]
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Campina Grande” sits in Spanish frequency

Campina Grande falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Spanish words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for Campina Grande is 14 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kãmˈpina ˈɣ̞ɾãn̪d̪e]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "es un ciudad del Estado de Paraiba Brasil".

No misspelling variants are generated for Campina Grande 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 Campina Grande, spelled C-A-M-P-I-N-A- -G-R-A-N-D-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    es un ciudad del Estado de Paraiba Brasil

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Campina Grande"?
"Campina Grande" is spelled C-A-M-P-I-N-A- -G-R-A-N-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is [kãmˈpina ˈɣ̞ɾãn̪d̪e].
What does "Campina Grande" mean?
As a proper noun, "Campina Grande" means: es un ciudad del Estado de Paraiba Brasil
How do you pronounce "Campina Grande"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Campina Grande" is [kãmˈpina ˈɣ̞ɾãn̪d̪e]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Campina Grande" come from?
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Using “Campina Grande”

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

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is C-A-M-P-I-N-A- -G-R-A-N-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [kãmˈpina ˈɣ̞ɾãn̪d̪e] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.

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

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