Risaralda
[risaˈɾal̪d̪a]
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...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Risaralda |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [risaˈɾal̪d̪a] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #51,211 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Risaralda” sits in Spanish frequency
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
- 1Departamento 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.
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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.
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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.