vika
"vika" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“vika” is uncommon English (frequency #76,450 among 969 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,450
- frequency rank, English
- 969
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A large, tree-dwelling rodent (Uromys vika) found in the Solomon Islands
Corpus desk
Index EN-vika · vika · English
vika · rank #76,450 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,450
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 969
- PHOTO-FINISH vegetated
Nearest frequency peer: vegetated (-2 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 “vika”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- vandalize
vandalize
23,556 corpus weight
- Vanier
Vanier
23,555 corpus weight
- vasopressin
vasopressin
23,554 corpus weight
- vegetated
vegetated
23,553 corpus weight
- vika
vika
23,551 corpus weight
- Volterra
Volterra
23,548 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “vika” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vika |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #76,450 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “vika” in English
Rare enough to double-check
vika is uncommon English at frequency #76,450 among 969 “V” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A large, tree-dwelling rodent (Uromys vika) found in the Solomon Islands".
No misspelling variants are generated for vika in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Pijin vika, from Vangunu [Term?], a Solomon Islands language. The correct English form is vika, spelled V-I-K-A.
Definition
- 1A large, tree-dwelling rodent (Uromys vika) found in the Solomon Islands
Etymology
Borrowed from Pijin vika, from Vangunu [Term?], a Solomon Islands language.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "vika"?
What does "vika" mean?
What is the origin of the word "vika"?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "vika", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).