# Sitka

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈsɪtkə/ · frequency rank #44,489

## Definitions
1. A member of an indigenous tribe of people from Baranof Island, in the area of Sitka, Alaska.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Russian Си́тка (Sítka), itself from Tlingit Sheetʼká.

## Easily confused with
- **STA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sitka-vs-sta)
- **ska** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sitka-vs-ska)
- **sits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sitka-vs-sits)
- **situ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sitka-vs-situ)
- **sutra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sitka-vs-sutra)
- **sit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sit-vs-sitka)
- **sia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sia-vs-sitka)
- **sik** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sik-vs-sitka)
- **site** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/site-vs-sitka)
- **sick** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sick-vs-sitka)
- **sink** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sink-vs-sitka)
- **silk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/silk-vs-sitka)
- **Sikh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sikh-vs-sitka)
- **SATA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sata-vs-sitka)
- **sith** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sith-vs-sitka)
- **Sina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sina-vs-sitka)
- **Sita** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sita-vs-sitka)
- **sites** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sites-vs-sitka)
- **silva** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/silva-vs-sitka)
- **sigma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sigma-vs-sitka)

## Common misspellings (7)
`istka`, `sikta`, `sitak`, `sitkka`, `sittka`, `ssitka`, `stika`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/sitka