citron
/ˈsɪtɹən/
"citron" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“citron” is uncommon English (frequency #56,013 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,013
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A greenish yellow colour.
Corpus desk
Index EN-citron · citron · English
citron · rank #56,013 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,013
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Cincy
Nearest frequency peer: Cincy (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “citron”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- chumps
chumps
43,991 corpus weight
- Cicely
Cicely
43,990 corpus weight
- Cincy
Cincy
43,989 corpus weight
- citron
citron
43,988 corpus weight
- clef
clef
43,986 corpus weight
- clothesline
clothesline
43,985 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “citron” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | citron |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsɪtɹən/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #56,013 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “citron” in English
Rare enough to double-check
citron is uncommon English at frequency #56,013 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈsɪtɹən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for citron in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French citron (“lemon, lime”), Latin citrus (“citron tree, thuja”), probably via Etruscan derived from Ancient Greek κέδρος (kédros, “cedar”) (see there for further etymology). The correct English form is citron, spelled C-I-T-R-O-N.
Definition
- 1A greenish yellow colour.
- 2A small citrus tree, Citrus medica.
- 3The fruit of a citron tree.
- 4The candied rind of the citron fruit.
Etymology
Borrowed from French citron (“lemon, lime”), Latin citrus (“citron tree, thuja”), probably via Etruscan derived from Ancient Greek κέδρος (kédros, “cedar”) (see there for further etymology).
This word in other languages
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).