Arica
"arica" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Arica” is uncommon English (frequency #76,539 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,539
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A province in northern Chile.
Corpus desk
Index EN-arica · Arica · English
Arica · rank #76,539 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,539
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Arcata
Nearest frequency peer: Arcata (-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 “Arica”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Arapaho
Arapaho
23,465 corpus weight
- Araujo
Araujo
23,464 corpus weight
- Arcata
Arcata
23,463 corpus weight
- Arica
Arica
23,462 corpus weight
- armless
armless
23,461 corpus weight
- Artesia
Artesia
23,459 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Arica” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “Arica” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Arica is uncommon English at frequency #76,539 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
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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