Veracruz
\ve.ʁa.kʁuz\
The verdict
“Veracruz” is uncommon French (frequency #66,417 among 148,117 “V” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,417
- frequency rank, French
- 148,117
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Commune d’Espagne, située dans la province de Huesca et la Communauté autonome d’Aragon.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Veracruz |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ve.ʁa.kʁuz\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #66,417 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Veracruz” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Veracruz is uncommon French at frequency #66,417 among 148,117 “V” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ve.ʁa.kʁuz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Veracruz, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Veracruz, spelled V-E-R-A-C-R-U-Z.
Definition
- 1Commune d’Espagne, située dans la province de Huesca et la Communauté autonome d’Aragon.
- 2Port mexicain situé dans le golfe du Mexique, capitale de l’État du même nom.
- 3État du Mexique.
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 “Veracruz”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is V-E-R-A-C-R-U-Z - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ve.ʁa.kʁuz\ (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.