Oaxaca
\wa.ha.ka\
The verdict
“Oaxaca” is uncommon French (frequency #58,800 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,800
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - État fédéral du Mexique situé dans le sud du pays, entouré par les États de Guerrero à l’ouest, Puebla au nord-ouest, Veracruz au nord et Chiapas à l’est, et bordé par l’océan Pacifique au sud.
Corpus desk
Index FR-oaxaca · Oaxaca · French
Oaxaca · rank #58,800 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,800
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH Obernai
Nearest frequency peer: Obernai (+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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Oaxaca »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- négociait
négociait
41,204 corpus weight
- néolibéral
néolibéral
41,203 corpus weight
- Oaxaca
Oaxaca
41,201 corpus weight
- Obernai
Obernai
41,200 corpus weight
- offrirais
offrirais
41,199 corpus weight
- Olympie
Olympie
41,198 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Oaxaca » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Oaxaca |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \wa.ha.ka\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #58,800 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Oaxaca » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Oaxaca is uncommon French at frequency #58,800 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \wa.ha.ka\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Oaxaca, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Oaxaca, spelled O-A-X-A-C-A.
Definition
- 1État fédéral du Mexique situé dans le sud du pays, entouré par les États de Guerrero à l’ouest, Puebla au nord-ouest, Veracruz au nord et Chiapas à l’est, et bordé par l’océan Pacifique au sud.
- 2Nom de la capitale de l’État de Oaxaca. Nom officiel : Oaxaca de Juarez (très peu usité).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Oaxaca appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cette municipalité appartient au district de Jamiltepec, dans la région de la Costa Chica de l’État de Oaxaca.
Mais leur espagnol est hésitant, et ils se savent différents : ce sont des Indiens du Mexique, venus d’Oaxaca pour s’installer massivement en Californie depuis les années 80.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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