Veracruz

/[beɾaˈkɾus]/ name

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,130

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Veracruz is aSpanishname. It means: Uno de los 32 estados de México, localizado en el este del país. Tiene costas en el golfo de México. Delimita con los estados siguientes: Chiapas, Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Puebla, San Luis Potosí, Tabasco ... Pronounced [beɾaˈkɾus]. It ranks #4,130 in Spanish word frequency.

Key facts for Veracruz
PropertyValue
HeadwordVeracruz
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechName
IPA[beɾaˈkɾus]
Letters8
Frequency rank#4,130
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for Veracruz is 8 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [beɾaˈkɾus]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,130 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 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Veracruz, with forms such as "beracruz", "evracruz", and "vearcruz". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 Veracruz, spelled V-E-R-A-C-R-U-Z, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Uno de los 32 estados de México, localizado en el este del país. Tiene costas en el golfo de México. Delimita con los estados siguientes: Chiapas, Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Puebla, San Luis Potosí, Tabasco y Tamaulipas. Su capital es la ciudad de Xalapa.
  2. 2
    Ciudad y puerto del estado de Veracruz, México.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: beracruz,evracruz,vearcruz,veraccruz,veracrruz,veracruzz,veracrzu,veracurz,verarcuz,vercaruz,verracruz,vreacruz,vveracruz

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Veracruz

Misspelling Variants of "Veracruz"

beracruz8evracruz8vearcruz8veraccruz9veracrruz9veracruzz9veracrzu8veracurz8
Misspelling Variants of "Veracruz"

Frequency rank: #4,130 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Veracruz"?
"Veracruz" is spelled V-E-R-A-C-R-U-Z. The IPA pronunciation is [beɾaˈkɾus].
What does "Veracruz" mean?
As a name, "Veracruz" means: Uno de los 32 estados de México, localizado en el este del país. Tiene costas en el golfo de México. Delimita con los estados siguientes: Chiapas, Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Puebla, San Luis Potosí, Tabasco ...
What are common misspellings of "Veracruz"?
Common misspellings include "beracruz", "evracruz", "vearcruz", "veraccruz", "veracrruz". The correct spelling is "Veracruz".
How do you pronounce "Veracruz"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Veracruz" is [beɾaˈkɾus]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Veracruz" come from?
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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.