zapoteca
[sapoˈt̪eka]
The verdict
“zapoteca” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #65,799 among 220 “Z” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,799
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 220
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Propio de o relativo a una etnia, sedentaria y grafa, de amerindios que habitaron el actual estado de Oaxaca en México desde el siglo V adC. Nunca totalmente sometidos a los aztecas, evitaron el ex...
Corpus desk
Index ES-zapoteca · zapoteca · Spanish
zapoteca · rank #65,799 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,799
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 220
- PHOTO-FINISH zapote
Nearest frequency peer: zapote (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “zapoteca”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- yermo
yermo
34,205 corpus weight
- zaguán
zaguán
34,204 corpus weight
- zapote
zapote
34,203 corpus weight
- zapoteca
zapoteca
34,202 corpus weight
- zia
zia
34,201 corpus weight
- Zimmer
Zimmer
34,199 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “zapoteca” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zapoteca |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [sapoˈt̪eka] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #65,799 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “zapoteca” en español
Rare enough to double-check
zapoteca is uncommon Spanish at frequency #65,799 among 220 “Z” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [sapoˈt̪eka]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Propio de o relativo a una etnia, sedentaria y grafa, de amerindios que habitaron el actual estado de Oaxaca en México desde el siglo V adC. Nunca totalmente sometidos a los aztecas, evitaron el ex...".
No misspelling variants are generated for zapoteca in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is zapoteca, spelled Z-A-P-O-T-E-C-A.
Definition
- 1Propio de o relativo a una etnia, sedentaria y grafa, de amerindios que habitaron el actual estado de Oaxaca en México desde el siglo V adC. Nunca totalmente sometidos a los aztecas, evitaron el exterminio por parte de los conquistadores españoles y aún hoy habitan la región.
This word in other languages
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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