cicala
/sɪˈkɑːlə/
"cicala" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cicala” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A cicada.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cicala · cicala · English
cicala · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cicala |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /sɪˈkɑːlə/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cicala” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cicala is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /sɪˈkɑːlə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A cicada.".
No misspelling variants are generated for cicala in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Italian cicala and Occitan cicala. Doublet of cicada. The correct English form is cicala, spelled C-I-C-A-L-A.
Definition
- 1A cicada.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cicala appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The shrill cicalas, people of the pine, / Making their summer lives one ceaseless song […]
She recalled the old hall, with its storied frescoes—the woods, where so many mornings had passed so happily away—the little river, where they used to launch their light boats, made of the green rushes which grew beside; she recalled the blithe chirp of the cicala in the fragrant grass—and the gleam of the fire-flies, glittering by twilight amid the bough…
Etymology
From Italian cicala and Occitan cicala. Doublet of cicada.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.