phoca
/ˈfəʊkə/obsolete
phoca is spelled P-H-O-C-A: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 34 million words in written English, the 178,202nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, phoca means “A seal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of phoca is phocas or phocae.
How many letters and syllables are in phoca?
| Letters | 5: P-H-O-C-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 34 million words; the 178,202nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is phoca?
Phoca appears about once in every 34 million words in written English, the 178,202nd 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 phoca?
- /ˈfəʊkə/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-phoca.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with phoca?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as phoca.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: poach, phaco.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
What does phoca mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
obsoleteA seal.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does phoca come from?
Borrowed from Latin phōca, from Ancient Greek φώκη (phṓkē).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).