Osaka

/[oˈsaka]/ name

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#23,523

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

14

similar word pairs

Osaka is aSpanishname. It means: Ciudad ubicada en Japón. Pronounced [oˈsaka]. Often confused with ósea and Osma.

Key facts for Osaka
PropertyValue
HeadwordOsaka
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechName
IPA[oˈsaka]
Letters5
Frequency rank#23,523
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for Osaka is 5 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [oˈsaka]. Corpus data places it at rank #23,523 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Ciudad ubicada en Japón.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for Osaka, with forms such as "oaska", "osaak", and "osakka". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "ósea", "Osma", "ostia", and more, 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 Osaka, spelled O-S-A-K-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ciudad ubicada en Japón.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: oaska,osaak,osakka,oskaa,ossaka,soaka

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Osaka

Misspelling Variants of "Osaka"

oaska5osaak5osakka6oskaa5ossaka6soaka5
Misspelling Variants of "Osaka"

Frequency rank: #23,523 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Osaka"?
"Osaka" is spelled O-S-A-K-A. The IPA pronunciation is [oˈsaka].
What does "Osaka" mean?
As a name, "Osaka" means: Ciudad ubicada en Japón.
What words are commonly confused with "Osaka"?
"Osaka" is commonly confused with "ósea", "Osma", "ostia". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Osaka"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Osaka" is [oˈsaka]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Osaka" come from?
"Osaka" 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.