citar
[siˈt̪aɾ]
The verdict
“citar” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #7,522 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #7,522
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Avisar, prevenir, emplazar a alguno, señalándole día, hora y lugar para tratar de algún negocio.
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 | citar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [siˈt̪aɾ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #7,522 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “citar” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for citar is 5 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [siˈt̪aɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,522 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for citar, with forms such as "ccitar", "ciatr", and "citarr". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "CTA", "city", "Cota", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is citar, spelled C-I-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1Avisar, prevenir, emplazar a alguno, señalándole día, hora y lugar para tratar de algún negocio.
- 2Referir, anotar o sacar al margen de algún escrito los autores, textos o lugares que se alegan en comprobación de lo que se dice o escribe.
- 3Mentar, mencionar, recordar.
- 4En el toreo, provocar a la fiera para que acuda a determinado paraje.
- 5Notificar, hacer saber a alguna persona el emplazamiento o llamamiento del juez.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccitar,ciatr,citarr,citra,cittar,ctiar,ictar,sitar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of citar - 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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “citar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-I-T-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [siˈt̪aɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “CTA” - see the side-by-side comparison. citar vs CTA
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish 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.