# cit vs cited

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### cit
*noun · IPA /sɪt/ · frequency rank #33,177*
a citizen; a city dweller, a townsman.

### cited
*verb · IPA /ˈsaɪtɪd/ · frequency rank #4,357*
simple past and past participle of cite

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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