citadel
/ˈsɪtədəl/noun
citadel is spelled C-I-T-A-D-E-L: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 2.1 times per million words in written English, the 18,811th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, citadel means “A strong fortress that sits high above a city” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of citadel is citadels.
How many letters and syllables are in citadel?
| Letters | 7: C-I-T-A-D-E-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.1 times per million words; the 18,811th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is citadel?
Citadel appears 2.1 times per million words in written English, the 18,811th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce citadel?
- /ˈsɪtədəl/
- /ˈsɪtədɛl/
Citadel has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-citadel.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with citadel?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as citadel.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: dialect, deltaic.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of citadel
- citadels plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does citadel mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A strong fortress that sits high above a city.
- 2
A stronghold or fortified place.
- 3
An armoured portion of a warship, housing important equipment.
- 4
A Salvation Army meeting place.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Citadel in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a strong fortress that sits high above a city:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does citadel come from?
From French citadelle, from Italian cittadella, diminutive of città (“city”), from Latin cīvitās.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).