Vicente López

[biˈsẽn̪t̪e ˈlopes]

/[biˈsẽn̪t̪e ˈlopes]/ name

The verdict

“Vicente López” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a proper noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency Spanish
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — Partido de la provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina, cuya cabecera de facto es la localidad de Olivos. Su gentilicio es vicentelopense.

Key facts for Vicente López
PropertyValue
HeadwordVicente López
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[biˈsẽn̪t̪e ˈlopes]
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Vicente López” sits in Spanish frequency

Vicente López falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Spanish words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for Vicente López is 13 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [biˈsẽn̪t̪e ˈlopes]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Partido de la provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina, cuya cabecera de facto es la localidad de Olivos. Su gentilicio es vicentelopense.".

No misspelling variants are generated for Vicente López in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. 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 Vicente López, spelled V-I-C-E-N-T-E- -L-Ó-P-E-Z, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partido de la provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina, cuya cabecera de facto es la localidad de Olivos. Su gentilicio es vicentelopense.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Vicente López"?
"Vicente López" is spelled V-I-C-E-N-T-E- -L-Ó-P-E-Z. The IPA pronunciation is [biˈsẽn̪t̪e ˈlopes].
What does "Vicente López" mean?
As a proper noun, "Vicente López" means: Partido de la provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina, cuya cabecera de facto es la localidad de Olivos. Su gentilicio es vicentelopense.
How do you pronounce "Vicente López"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Vicente López" is [biˈsẽn̪t̪e ˈlopes]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “Vicente López”

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

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is V-I-C-E-N-T-E- -L-Ó-P-E-Z - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [biˈsẽn̪t̪e ˈlopes] (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.

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