Sicilia
/sɪˈsɪljə/
"sicilia" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Sicilia” is uncommon English (frequency #78,128 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,128
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A province of the Roman Empire (consisting of the island of Sicily).
Corpus desk
Index EN-sicilia · Sicilia · English
Sicilia · rank #78,128 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,128
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH shroff
Nearest frequency peer: shroff (-5 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Sicilia”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- shouty
shouty
21,879 corpus weight
- shroff
shroff
21,878 corpus weight
- Sicilia
Sicilia
21,873 corpus weight
- slobber
slobber
21,867 corpus weight
- sloppiness
sloppiness
21,866 corpus weight
- smartness
smartness
21,865 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Sicilia” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sicilia |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /sɪˈsɪljə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #78,128 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Sicilia” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Sicilia is uncommon English at frequency #78,128 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /sɪˈsɪljə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A province of the Roman Empire (consisting of the island of Sicily).".
Sicilia doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin Sicilia, from Ancient Greek Σικελία (Sikelía), from Σίκελος (Síkelos, “Sicel”), the name of the Sicel people. Doublet of Sicily. The correct English form is Sicilia, spelled S-I-C-I-L-I-A.
Definition
- 1A province of the Roman Empire (consisting of the island of Sicily).
Etymology
From Latin Sicilia, from Ancient Greek Σικελία (Sikelía), from Σίκελος (Síkelos, “Sicel”), the name of the Sicel people. Doublet of Sicily.
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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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.