Oaxaca
[waˈxaka]
The verdict
“Oaxaca” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #5,022 in Spanish word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #5,022
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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...
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 | 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) |
Where “Oaxaca” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for Oaxaca is 6 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [waˈxaka]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,022 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1Es 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.
- 2Ciudad de la República Mexicana, ciudad capital del estado de Oaxaca.
This word in other languages
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.
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 “Oaxaca”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is O-A-X-A-C-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [waˈxaka] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “opaca” - see the side-by-side comparison. Oaxaca vs opaca
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.