citizenry
noun
citizenry is spelled C-I-T-I-Z-E-N-R-Y: 9 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,549th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, citizenry means “The group of all citizens; citizens taken collectively” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of citizenry is citizenries.
How many letters and syllables are in citizenry?
| Letters | 9: C-I-T-I-Z-E-N-R-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 31,549th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is citizenry?
Citizenry appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,549th 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 citizenry?
- US
Citizenry has 4 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-citizenry.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of citizenry
- citizenries plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does citizenry mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The group of all citizens; citizens taken collectively.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Citizenry in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the group of all citizens:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | corps des citoyens, citoyens, population |
| Portuguese | cidadania |
| Spanish | ciudadanía |
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 citizenry come from?
From citizen + -ry. Displaced native Old English burgwaru.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).