pika
/ˈpiːkə/
"pika" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pika” has 5 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #48,970. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,970
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of several small, furry mammals, similar to guinea pigs, but related to rabbits, of the genus Ochotona, from the mountains of North America and Asia.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pika · pika · English
pika · rank #48,970 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #48,970
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH piet
Nearest frequency peer: piet (-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 “pika”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Petey
Petey
51,034 corpus weight
- phonetics
phonetics
51,033 corpus weight
- piet
piet
51,032 corpus weight
- pika
pika
51,031 corpus weight
- plodding
plodding
51,029 corpus weight
- pluralistic
pluralistic
51,028 corpus weight
What this shows “pika” 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 | pika |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpiːkə/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #48,970 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “pika”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around pika (IPA /ˈpiːkə/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,970 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Any of several small, furry mammals, similar to guinea pigs, but related to rabbits, of the genus Ochotona, from the mountains of North America and Asia.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for pika, with forms such as "ipka", "piak", and "pikka". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "PK", "pin", "pit", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French, from an Evenki word which Peter Simon Pallas transcribes as piika or peeka, but which cannot be found in modern dictionaries. Probably ultimately onomatopoeic. Compare typologically German Pfeifhase (< pfeifen (+ Hase) << Latin pīpō), Czech piš… The correct English form is pika, spelled P-I-K-A.
Definition
- 1Any of several small, furry mammals, similar to guinea pigs, but related to rabbits, of the genus Ochotona, from the mountains of North America and Asia.
Etymology
From French, from an Evenki word which Peter Simon Pallas transcribes as piika or peeka, but which cannot be found in modern dictionaries. Probably ultimately onomatopoeic. Compare typologically German Pfeifhase (< pfeifen (+ Hase) << Latin pīpō), Czech pišťucha, Russian пищу́ха (piščúxa) (akin to пища́ть (piščátʹ), писк (pisk)).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ipka
- piak
- pikka
- pkia
- ppika
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pika - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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).