Arica
\a.ʁi.ka\
The verdict
“Arica” is uncommon French (frequency #89,395 among 424,905 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,395
- frequency rank, French
- 424,905
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ville chilienne située sur la côte pacifique en zone hyperaride. C’est la capitale de la province d’Arica, dans la région d’Arica et Parinacota.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Arica |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \a.ʁi.ka\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #89,395 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Arica” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Arica is uncommon French at frequency #89,395 among 424,905 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \a.ʁi.ka\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Arica in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Arica, spelled A-R-I-C-A.
Definition
- 1Ville chilienne située sur la côte pacifique en zone hyperaride. C’est la capitale de la province d’Arica, dans la région d’Arica et Parinacota.
- 2Province quasi-désertique et aride du nord du Chili.
- 3Localité colombienne du département d’Amazonas.
- 4Cratère lunaire qui doit son nom depuis 1991 à la localité colombienne éponyme.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Arica”
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- The one correct French spelling is A-R-I-C-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \a.ʁi.ka\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
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.