zapoteco
[sapoˈt̪eko]
The verdict
“zapoteco” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #69,057 among 5,985 “Z” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,057
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,985
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Propio de o relativo a una etnia, sedentaria de amerindios que habitan el actual estado de Oaxaca en México desde el siglo V adC. Nunca estuvieron totalmente sometidos a los aztecas y sobrevivieron...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zapoteco |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [sapoˈt̪eko] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #69,057 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “zapoteco” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
zapoteco is uncommon Spanish at frequency #69,057 among 5,985 “Z” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [sapoˈt̪eko]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Propio de o relativo a una etnia, sedentaria de amerindios que habitan el actual estado de Oaxaca en México desde el siglo V adC. Nunca estuvieron totalmente sometidos a los aztecas y sobrevivieron...".
zapoteco doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is zapoteco, spelled Z-A-P-O-T-E-C-O.
Definition
- 1Propio de o relativo a una etnia, sedentaria de amerindios que habitan el actual estado de Oaxaca en México desde el siglo V adC. Nunca estuvieron totalmente sometidos a los aztecas y sobrevivieron a la conquista española.
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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 “zapoteco”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is Z-A-P-O-T-E-C-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.