# cilia

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈsɪ.li.ə/ · frequency rank #44,117

## Definitions
1. plural of cilium

## Easily confused with
- **clip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cilia-vs-clip)
- **cola** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cilia-vs-cola)
- **coli** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cilia-vs-coli)
- **clit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cilia-vs-clit)
- **Clio** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cilia-vs-clio)
- **civil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cilia-vs-civil)
- **Colin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cilia-vs-colin)
- **civic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cilia-vs-civic)
- **circa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cilia-vs-circa)
- **colic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cilia-vs-colic)
- **curia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cilia-vs-curia)
- **CIA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cia-vs-cilia)
- **Cali** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cali-vs-cilia)
- **chia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chia-vs-cilia)
- **chili** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chili-vs-cilia)
- **Celia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/celia-vs-cilia)
- **Ciara** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ciara-vs-cilia)
- **CELTA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/celta-vs-cilia)
- **celiac** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/celiac-vs-cilia)
- **Cialis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cialis-vs-cilia)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ccilia`, `ciila`, `cilai`, `cillia`, `cliia`, `iclia`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/cilia