FICA
/ˈfaɪkə/
"fica" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“FICA” is uncommon English (frequency #67,446 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,446
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acronym of Federal Insurance Contributions Act.
Corpus desk
Index EN-fica · FICA · English
FICA · rank #67,446 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,446
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH fishmonger
Nearest frequency peer: fishmonger (+3 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 “FICA”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- fecundity
fecundity
32,560 corpus weight
- fetid
fetid
32,559 corpus weight
- FICA
FICA
32,555 corpus weight
- fishmonger
fishmonger
32,552 corpus weight
- fixings
fixings
32,551 corpus weight
- flapped
flapped
32,549 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “FICA” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | FICA |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈfaɪkə/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #67,446 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “FICA” in English
Rare enough to double-check
FICA is uncommon English at frequency #67,446 among 2,507 “F” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈfaɪkə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Acronym of Federal Insurance Contributions Act.".
FICA doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is FICA, spelled F-I-C-A.
Definition
- 1Acronym of Federal Insurance Contributions Act.
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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