Jalisco
[xaˈlisko]
The verdict
“Jalisco” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #6,318. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,318
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,810
- “J” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Uno de los 32 estados de México, se ubica al occidente del territorio. Colinda con los estados de Nayarit hacia el noroeste; con Zacatecas, Aguascalientes y San Luis Potosí hacia el norte; con Guan...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Jalisco |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [xaˈlisko] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #6,318 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Jalisco” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Jalisco (IPA [xaˈlisko]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #6,318 among 7,810 “J” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Uno de los 32 estados de México, se ubica al occidente del territorio. Colinda con los estados de Nayarit hacia el noroeste; con Zacatecas, Aguascalientes y San Luis Potosí hacia el norte; con Guan...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Jalisco, with forms such as "ajlisco", "jailsco", and "jalicso". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is Jalisco, spelled J-A-L-I-S-C-O.
Definition
- 1Uno de los 32 estados de México, se ubica al occidente del territorio. Colinda con los estados de Nayarit hacia el noroeste; con Zacatecas, Aguascalientes y San Luis Potosí hacia el norte; con Guanajuato hacia el este y con Colima y Michoacán hacia el sur . Su capital es Guadalajara.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ajlisco
- jailsco
- jalicso
- jaliscco
- jalisoc
- jalissco
- jallisco
- jalsico
- jjalisco
- jlaisco
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Jalisco - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “Jalisco”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is J-A-L-I-S-C-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [xaˈlisko] (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.