BRCA
/ˌbrækə/noun
BRCA is spelled B-R-C-A: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 74,980th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, BRCA means “Any of a number of genes and proteins associated with breast cancer, especially BRCA1 and BRCA2” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of BRCA is BRCAs.
How many letters and syllables are in BRCA?
| Letters | 4: B-R-C-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 6 million words; the 74,980th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is BRCA?
BRCA appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 74,980th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce BRCA?
- /ˌbrækə/
BRCA has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of BRCA
- BRCAs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does BRCA mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of a number of genes and proteins associated with breast cancer, especially BRCA1 and BRCA2.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does BRCA come from?
HGNC symbol, initialism of breast cancer.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).