citizenship
/ˈsɪtɪzənʃɪp/noun
citizenship is spelled C-I-T-I-Z-E-N-S-H-I-P: 11 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 13 times per million words in written English, the 6,047th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, citizenship means “The state of being a citizen; the status of a citizen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of citizenship is citizenships.
How many letters and syllables are in citizenship?
| Letters | 11: C-I-T-I-Z-E-N-S-H-I-P |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 13 times per million words; the 6,047th 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 citizenship?
Citizenship appears 13 times per million words in written English, the 6,047th 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 citizenship?
- UK /ˈsɪtɪzənʃɪp/
Citizenship 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: En-us-citizenship.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of citizenship
- citizenships plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does citizenship mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The state of being a citizen; the status of a citizen.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate citizenship?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of citizenship: cit..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Citizenship in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense state of being a citizen:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | citoyenneté, nationalité |
| German | Staatsbürgerschaft, Staatsangehörigkeit, Bürgerschaft |
| 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 citizenship come from?
From citizen + -ship. Displaced native Old English burgrǣden, equivalent to borough + -red.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).