Arica
"arica" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Arica” is an uncommon English word, ranked #76,539 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #76,539
- frequency rank, English
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A province in northern Chile.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Arica |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #76,539 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Arica” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Arica is 5 letters long, classified as a proper noun. Corpus data places it at rank #76,539 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Zero misspellings are on record for Arica in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Uncertain. Rómulo Cúneo Vidal said that the word comes from Aymara ari (crag) + iqui (place to sleep). Manuel A. Quiroga said that the word comes from ari (phylum) + aka (tip). Carlos Auza Arce said that it comes from ari (hill) + acca (neighboring). The correct English form is Arica, spelled A-R-I-C-A.
Definition
- 1A province in northern Chile.
- 2A commune and port city, the capital of the province of Arica, Chile.
Etymology
Uncertain. Rómulo Cúneo Vidal said that the word comes from Aymara ari (crag) + iqui (place to sleep). Manuel A. Quiroga said that the word comes from ari (phylum) + aka (tip). Carlos Auza Arce said that it comes from ari (hill) + acca (neighboring).
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Arica”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-R-I-C-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.