arabica
/əˈɹæbɪkə/
"arabica" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“arabica” is uncommon English (frequency #57,863 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,863
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A plant of species Coffea arabica, native to Ethiopia, that yields coffee beans.
Corpus desk
Index EN-arabica · arabica · English
arabica · rank #57,863 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,863
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Aquitaine
Nearest frequency peer: Aquitaine (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “arabica”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- apprehending
apprehending
42,141 corpus weight
- Aquitaine
Aquitaine
42,139 corpus weight
- arabica
arabica
42,138 corpus weight
- arbitral
arbitral
42,137 corpus weight
- Ardennes
Ardennes
42,135 corpus weight
- Arndt
Arndt
42,134 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “arabica” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | arabica |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /əˈɹæbɪkə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #57,863 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “arabica” in English
Rare enough to double-check
arabica is uncommon English at frequency #57,863 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /əˈɹæbɪkə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for arabica, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: See Wikipedia at Coffea arabica § Taxonomy and § History; Europeans learned of coffee from Arab peoples. The correct English form is arabica, spelled A-R-A-B-I-C-A.
Definition
- 1A plant of species Coffea arabica, native to Ethiopia, that yields coffee beans.
- 2A bean of this plant.
- 3Coffee made from these coffee beans.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how arabica appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Arabica, which has long been prized for its delicate and aromatic flavour, accounts for 70% of the global coffee market share. But it is particularly sensitive to temperature increases, which reduce its growth, flowering and fruiting and make it more susceptible to coffee pests.
Etymology
See Wikipedia at Coffea arabica § Taxonomy and § History; Europeans learned of coffee from Arab peoples.
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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