cita

Name: cita, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈsit̪a]

/[ˈsit̪a]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“cita” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #1,470. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,470
frequency rank, Spanish: 8,288
“C” headwords: 5
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Reunión de personas cuyo encuentro ha sido establecido anteriormente de común acuerdo.

Corpus desk

Index ES-cita · cita · Spanish

cita · rank #1,470 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #1,470
LEN-MID 4 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 5 variants
BOOK-DENSE 8,288
PHOTO-FINISH carga

Nearest frequency peer: carga (-1 rank slots)

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.

antiguo

98,534
basta

98,533
carga

98,532
cita

98,531
consumo

98,530
contexto

98,529

What this shows “cita” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

cita vs ciu

50% similar

cita vs cut

50% similar

cita vs CTA

0% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for cita
Property	Value
Headword	cita
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[ˈsit̪a]
Letters	4
Frequency rank	#1,470
Misspellings tracked	5
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “cita”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.citacae aquí:

#1,470

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “carga” (#1,469), “consumo” (#1,471), “basta” (#1,468). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “cita” va en #1,470. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around cita (IPA [ˈsit̪a]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,470 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for cita, with forms such as "ccita", "ciat", and "citta". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ciu", "cut", "CTA", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is cita, spelled C-I-T-A.

Definition

1
Reunión de personas cuyo encuentro ha sido establecido anteriormente de común acuerdo.
2
Referencia a alguna parte de un texto, libro, artículo, etc.
3
Mención que se hace para sustentar, soportar, probar o confirmar algo.
4
Llamada, aclaración que se pone al pie de la plana, relativa al texto.
5
Neurosis particular de las funciones nutritivas, caracterizada por la aversión a los alimentos comunes y por un apetito depravado y un deseo de sustancias impropias para la nutrición. En esta afección hay un estado particular de decaimiento, ansiedad, y algunas veces desmayos repetidos.

Synonyms

reunión encuentro

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ccita
ciat
citta
ctia
icta

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cita - 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.

Edit distance from "cita"

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cita"?

"cita" is spelled C-I-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈsit̪a].

What does "cita" mean?

As a noun, "cita" means: Reunión de personas cuyo encuentro ha sido establecido anteriormente de común acuerdo.

What words are commonly confused with "cita"?

"cita" is commonly confused with "ciu", "cut", "CTA". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "cita"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cita" is [ˈsit̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "cita" come from?

"cita" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cita", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

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