citizenship
/ˈsɪtɪzənʃɪp/
"citizenship" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“citizenship” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #6,035 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #6,035
- frequency rank, English
- 11
- letters
- 17
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The state of being a citizen; the status of a citizen.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | citizenship |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsɪtɪzənʃɪp/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #6,035 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “citizenship” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for citizenship is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈsɪtɪzənʃɪp/. Corpus data places it at rank #6,035 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "The state of being a citizen; the status of a citizen.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for citizenship, with forms such as "ccitizenship", "ciitzenship", and "citieznship". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From citizen + -ship. The correct English form is citizenship, spelled C-I-T-I-Z-E-N-S-H-I-P.
Definition
- 1The state of being a citizen; the status of a citizen.
Etymology
From citizen + -ship.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccitizenship,ciitzenship,citieznship,citizenhsip,citizennship,citizenshhip,citizenshipp,citizenshpi,citizensihp,citizensship,citizesnhip,citizneship,citizzenship,cittizenship,citzienship,ctiizenship,ictizenship
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of citizenship - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “citizenship”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-I-T-I-Z-E-N-S-H-I-P - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈsɪtɪzənʃɪp/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.