Veracruz
[beɾaˈkɾus]
The verdict
“Veracruz” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #4,130. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,130
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 12,062
- “V” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 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 ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Veracruz |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [beɾaˈkɾus] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #4,130 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Veracruz” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Veracruz (IPA [beɾaˈkɾus]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #4,130 among 12,062 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Veracruz, with forms such as "beracruz", "evracruz", and "vearcruz". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is Veracruz, spelled V-E-R-A-C-R-U-Z.
Definition
- 1Uno 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.
- 2Ciudad 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
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Veracruz - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “Veracruz”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is V-E-R-A-C-R-U-Z - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [beɾaˈkɾus] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.