vika

noun

"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

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “vika” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for vika
PropertyValue
Headwordvika
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters4
Frequency rank#76,450
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “vika” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).vikafalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “vegetated” (#76,448), “vasopressin” (#76,447), “Volterra” (#76,453). Among 969 “V” headwords, “vika” is #76,450. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    A 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"?
"vika" is spelled V-I-K-A.
What does "vika" mean?
As a noun, "vika" means: A large, tree-dwelling rodent (Uromys vika) found in the Solomon Islands
What is the origin of the word "vika"?
Borrowed from Pijin vika, from Vangunu [Term?], a Solomon Islands language. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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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).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list