The word "archical" is often misspelled as "hierarchical." The correct spelling is with the letter "a" at the beginning, not "hi." The IPA phonetic transcription of "archical" is /ˈɑːrkɪkəl/ which means it is pronounced with a long "a" sound in the beginning and a short "i" sound in the middle. The word is used to describe a system of ranking or organizing things in order of importance or authority, such as a hierarchical structure in a company.