Oaxaca

/[waˈxaka]/ name

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,022

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

Oaxaca is aSpanishname. It 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... Pronounced [waˈxaka]. It ranks #5,022 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with opaca.

Key facts for Oaxaca
PropertyValue
HeadwordOaxaca
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechName
IPA[waˈxaka]
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,022
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Oaxaca in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for Oaxaca is 6 letters long, classified as aname, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for Oaxaca, with forms such as "aoxaca", "oaaxca", and "oaxaac". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "opaca", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 Oaxaca, spelled O-A-X-A-C-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 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. 2
    Ciudad 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

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Oaxaca

Misspelling Variants of "Oaxaca"

aoxaca6oaaxca6oaxaac6oaxacca7oaxcaa6oaxxaca7oxaaca6
Misspelling Variants of "Oaxaca"

Frequency rank: #5,022 in Spanish

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 name, "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 covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.