rica

noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#15,982

in German word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

rica is aGermannoun. It means: viereckiges Kopftuch aus Wolle für Frauen, das meist von Priesterinnen oder während religiöser Zeremonien getragen wurde Often confused with Rio and Rin.

Key facts for rica
PropertyValue
Headwordrica
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
Letters4
Frequency rank#15,982
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of rica in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for rica is 4 letters long, classified as anoun. Corpus data places it at rank #15,982 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "viereckiges Kopftuch aus Wolle für Frauen, das meist von Priesterinnen oder während religiöser Zeremonien getragen wurde".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for rica, with forms such as "irca", "rcia", and "riac". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Rio", "Rin", "RNA", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is rica, spelled R-I-C-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    viereckiges Kopftuch aus Wolle für Frauen, das meist von Priesterinnen oder während religiöser Zeremonien getragen wurde

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: irca,rcia,riac,ricca,rrica

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for rica

Misspelling Variants of "rica"

irca4rcia4riac4ricca5rrica5
Misspelling Variants of "rica"

Frequency rank: #15,982 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rica"?
"rica" is spelled R-I-C-A.
What does "rica" mean?
As a noun, "rica" means: viereckiges Kopftuch aus Wolle für Frauen, das meist von Priesterinnen oder während religiöser Zeremonien getragen wurde
What words are commonly confused with "rica"?
"rica" is commonly confused with "Rio", "Rin", "RNA". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "rica" come from?
"rica" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter R in our German index:

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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.