mica
/ˈmaɪ.kə/
"mica" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mica” has 5 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #29,376. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,376
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of a group of hydrous aluminosilicate minerals characterized by highly perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves, more or less elastic.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mica · mica · English
mica · rank #29,376 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #29,376
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Menzies
Nearest frequency peer: Menzies (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “mica”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- McKinnon
McKinnon
70,629 corpus weight
- McManus
McManus
70,628 corpus weight
- Menzies
Menzies
70,626 corpus weight
- mica
mica
70,625 corpus weight
- Minerva
Minerva
70,623 corpus weight
- minted
minted
70,622 corpus weight
What this shows “mica” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mica |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmaɪ.kə/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #29,376 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “mica”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around mica (IPA /ˈmaɪ.kə/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,376 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Any of a group of hydrous aluminosilicate minerals characterized by highly perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves, more or less elastic.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for mica, with forms such as "imca", "mcia", and "miac". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mix", "min", "mil", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin mīca (“grain, crumb”). The correct English form is mica, spelled M-I-C-A.
Definition
- 1Any of a group of hydrous aluminosilicate minerals characterized by highly perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves, more or less elastic.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mica appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
His little eyes glittered like mica discs with curiosity, though he tried to keep up a bit of superciliousness.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin mīca (“grain, crumb”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- imca
- mcia
- miac
- micca
- mmica
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mica - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).