tikka
/tɪk.ə/
"tikka" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tikka” is uncommon English (frequency #51,448 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,448
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A marinade made from various aromatic spices usually with a yoghurt base; often used in Indian cuisine prior to grilling in a tandoor.
Corpus desk
Index EN-tikka · tikka · English
tikka · rank #51,448 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,448
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH thorp
Nearest frequency peer: thorp (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “tikka”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Thessalonia…
Thessalonians
48,556 corpus weight
- thimble
thimble
48,555 corpus weight
- thorp
thorp
48,554 corpus weight
- tikka
tikka
48,553 corpus weight
- timur
timur
48,552 corpus weight
- Tokio
Tokio
48,551 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “tikka” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tikka |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /tɪk.ə/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #51,448 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “tikka” in English
Rare enough to double-check
tikka is uncommon English at frequency #51,448 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /tɪk.ə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A marinade made from various aromatic spices usually with a yoghurt base; often used in Indian cuisine prior to grilling in a tandoor.".
Zero misspellings are on record for tikka in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Hindustani टिक्का (ṭikkā, “piece”) / ٹِکّہ (ṭikka), ultimately from Classical Persian تکه (tikka). The correct English form is tikka, spelled T-I-K-K-A.
Definition
- 1A marinade made from various aromatic spices usually with a yoghurt base; often used in Indian cuisine prior to grilling in a tandoor.
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindustani टिक्का (ṭikkā, “piece”) / ٹِکّہ (ṭikka), ultimately from Classical Persian تکه (tikka).
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).