Risaralda

[risaˈɾal̪d̪a]

/[risaˈɾal̪d̪a]/ name

The verdict

“Risaralda” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #51,211 among 48,955 “R” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,211
frequency rank, Spanish
48,955
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Departamento de Colombia, ubicado en la zona andina centro-occidental del país. Hace parte de la región paisa y el eje cafetero. Coordenadas decimales: 4.806365°, -75.708435°. Su territorio ocupa u...

Key facts for Risaralda
PropertyValue
HeadwordRisaralda
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[risaˈɾal̪d̪a]
Letters9
Frequency rank#51,211
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Risaralda” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Risaralda lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Risaralda is uncommon Spanish at frequency #51,211 among 48,955 “R” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [risaˈɾal̪d̪a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Departamento de Colombia, ubicado en la zona andina centro-occidental del país. Hace parte de la región paisa y el eje cafetero. Coordenadas decimales: 4.806365°, -75.708435°. Su territorio ocupa u...".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Risaralda, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is Risaralda, spelled R-I-S-A-R-A-L-D-A.

Definition

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    Departamento de Colombia, ubicado en la zona andina centro-occidental del país. Hace parte de la región paisa y el eje cafetero. Coordenadas decimales: 4.806365°, -75.708435°. Su territorio ocupa una superficie de 4.140 km².

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 "Risaralda"?
"Risaralda" is spelled R-I-S-A-R-A-L-D-A. The IPA pronunciation is [risaˈɾal̪d̪a].
What does "Risaralda" mean?
As a proper noun, "Risaralda" means: Departamento de Colombia, ubicado en la zona andina centro-occidental del país. Hace parte de la región paisa y el eje cafetero. Coordenadas decimales: 4.806365°, -75.708435°. Su territorio ocupa u...
How do you pronounce "Risaralda"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Risaralda" is [risaˈɾal̪d̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Risaralda" come from?
"Risaralda" 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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Using “Risaralda”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is R-I-S-A-R-A-L-D-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [risaˈɾal̪d̪a] (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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list