citrus
/ˈsɪtɹəs/
"citrus" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“citrus” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #13,301. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,301
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Citrus in the family Rutaceae.
Corpus desk
Index EN-citrus · citrus · English
citrus · rank #13,301 · 9 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,301
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Cindy
Nearest frequency peer: Cindy (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “citrus”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- cheesy
cheesy
86,704 corpus weight
- Cheryl
Cheryl
86,703 corpus weight
- choking
choking
86,702 corpus weight
- Cindy
Cindy
86,701 corpus weight
- citrus
citrus
86,700 corpus weight
- clad
clad
86,699 corpus weight
What this shows “citrus” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | citrus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsɪtɹəs/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #13,301 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “citrus”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around citrus (IPA /ˈsɪtɹəs/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,301 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for citrus, with forms such as "ccitrus", "cirtus", and "citrrus". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "Cyrus", "Cyprus", "cites", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin citrus (“a citron tree, thuja”), probably via Etruscan from Ancient Greek κέδρος (kédros); compare Middle English citurtre, cytyr tre. Thus a possible doublet of cedar. The correct English form is citrus, spelled C-I-T-R-U-S.
Definition
- 1Any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Citrus in the family Rutaceae.
- 2The fruit of such plants, generally spherical, oblate, or prolate, consisting of an outer glandular skin (called zest), an inner white skin (called pith or albedo), and generally between 8 and 16 sectors filled with pulp consisting of cells with one end attached to the inner skin. Citrus fruits include orange, grapefruit, lemon, lime, and citron.
Etymology
From Latin citrus (“a citron tree, thuja”), probably via Etruscan from Ancient Greek κέδρος (kédros); compare Middle English citurtre, cytyr tre. Thus a possible doublet of cedar.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccitrus
- cirtus
- citrrus
- citrsu
- citruss
- cittrus
- citurs
- ctirus
- ictrus
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of citrus - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "citrus", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).