Oaxaca

Name: Oaxaca, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[waˈxaka]

/[waˈxaka]/ name

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“Oaxaca” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #5,022. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,022
frequency rank, Spanish: 1,467
“O” headwords: 7
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Es uno de los 32 estados de México, se ubica al sur del país, en el extremo suroeste del istmo de Tehuantepec. Colinda con los estados de Guerrero al oeste, Puebla al noroeste, Veracruz hacia el no...

Corpus desk

Index ES-oaxaca · Oaxaca · Spanish

Oaxaca · rank #5,022 · 7 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-COMMON #5,022
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-MID 7 variants
BOOK-MID 1,467
PHOTO-FINISH nubes

Nearest frequency peer: nubes (-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.

mundiales

94,983
nubes

94,980
Oaxaca

94,979
ocultar

94,978
oscura

94,977
papas

94,976

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

Oaxaca vs opaca

50% similar

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

Key facts for Oaxaca
Property	Value
Headword	Oaxaca
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Proper noun
IPA	[waˈxaka]
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#5,022
Misspellings tracked	7
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “Oaxaca”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.Oaxacacae aquí:

#5,022

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “nubes” (#5,021), “ocultar” (#5,023), “oscura” (#5,024). Entre 1,467 lemas con “O”, “Oaxaca” va en #5,022. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Oaxaca (IPA [waˈxaka]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #5,022 among 1,467 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Oaxaca, with forms such as "aoxaca", "oaaxca", and "oaxaac". 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. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "opaca", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is Oaxaca, spelled O-A-X-A-C-A.

Definition

1
Es uno de los 32 estados de México, se ubica al sur del país, en el extremo suroeste del istmo de Tehuantepec. Colinda con los estados de Guerrero al oeste, Puebla al noroeste, Veracruz hacia el norte y Chiapas al este. Su capital es la ciudad de Oaxaca y su gentilicio es oaxaqueño.
2
Ciudad de la República Mexicana, ciudad capital del estado de Oaxaca.

This word in other languages

Oaxaca(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

aoxaca
oaaxca
oaxaac
oaxacca
oaxcaa
oaxxaca
oxaaca

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Oaxaca - 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 "Oaxaca"

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 "Oaxaca"?

"Oaxaca" is spelled O-A-X-A-C-A. The IPA pronunciation is [waˈxaka].

What does "Oaxaca" mean?

As a proper noun, "Oaxaca" means: Es uno de los 32 estados de México, se ubica al sur del país, en el extremo suroeste del istmo de Tehuantepec. Colinda con los estados de Guerrero al oeste, Puebla al noroeste, Veracruz hacia el no...

What words are commonly confused with "Oaxaca"?

"Oaxaca" is commonly confused with "opaca". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "Oaxaca"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Oaxaca" is [waˈxaka]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "Oaxaca" come from?

"Oaxaca" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Oaxaca", 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 (7 here; floor ≥5).

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