Oaxaca
\wa.ha.ka\
The verdict
“Oaxaca” is uncommon French (frequency #58,800 among 75,470 “O” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,800
- frequency rank, French
- 75,470
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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.
| 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) |
Where “Oaxaca” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Oaxaca is uncommon French at frequency #58,800 among 75,470 “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).
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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Using “Oaxaca”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is O-A-X-A-C-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \wa.ha.ka\ (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.