acacia
/əˈkeɪ.ʃə/
"acacia" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“acacia” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #28,443 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #28,443
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | acacia |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /əˈkeɪ.ʃə/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #28,443 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “acacia” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for acacia is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /əˈkeɪ.ʃə/. Corpus data places it at rank #28,443 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for acacia, with forms such as "aaccia", "acacai", and "acaccia". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Accra", "Arabia", "Alicia", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin acacia, from Ancient Greek ἀκακία (akakía, “shittah tree”), either from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”) (compare ἀκή (akḗ, “point”)) or more likely a Pre-Greek word. First attested before 1398. Doublet of cassie. The correct English form is acacia, spelled A-C-A-C-I-A.
Definition
- 1A shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae.
- 2The thickened or dried juice of several species in Acacieae, in particular Vachellia nilotica (syn. Acacia nilotica, Egyptian acacia).
- 3A false acacia; robinia tree (Robinia pseudoacacia).
- 4Gum arabic; gum acacia.
- 5Any of several related trees, such as a locust tree.
- 6A light to moderate greenish yellow with a hint of red.
- 7A light to moderate greenish yellow with a hint of red. acacia:
Etymology
From Latin acacia, from Ancient Greek ἀκακία (akakía, “shittah tree”), either from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”) (compare ἀκή (akḗ, “point”)) or more likely a Pre-Greek word. First attested before 1398. Doublet of cassie.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aaccia,acacai,acaccia,acaica,accacia,accaia,caacia
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of acacia - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “acacia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-C-A-C-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /əˈkeɪ.ʃə/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Accra” - see the side-by-side comparison. acacia vs Accra
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.