citar

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

[siˈt̪aɾ]

/[siˈt̪aɾ]/ verb

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

The verdict

“citar” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #7,522. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,522
frequency rank, Spanish: 8,288
“C” headwords: 8
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Avisar, prevenir, emplazar a alguno, señalándole día, hora y lugar para tratar de algún negocio.

Corpus desk

Index ES-citar · citar · Spanish

citar · rank #7,522 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #7,522
LEN-MID 5 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 8 variants
BOOK-DENSE 8,288
PHOTO-FINISH certificados

Nearest frequency peer: certificados (-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.

catorce

92,482
cebolla

92,481
certificados

92,480
citar

92,479
col

92,478
comido

92,477

What this shows “citar” 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).

citar vs CTA

0% similar

citar vs city

60% similar

citar vs Cota

40% similar

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

Key facts for citar
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)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “citar”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).citarcae aquí:

#7,522

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

← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “certificados” (#7,521), “col” (#7,523), “cebolla” (#7,520). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “citar” va en #7,522. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around citar (IPA [siˈt̪aɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #7,522 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

1
Avisar, prevenir, emplazar a alguno, señalándole día, hora y lugar para tratar de algún negocio.
2
Referir, 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.
3
Mentar, mencionar, recordar.
4
En el toreo, provocar a la fiera para que acuda a determinado paraje.
5
Notificar, 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.

Edit distance from "citar"

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 "citar"?

"citar" is spelled C-I-T-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [siˈt̪aɾ].

What does "citar" mean?

As a verb, "citar" means: Avisar, prevenir, emplazar a alguno, señalándole día, hora y lugar para tratar de algún negocio.

What words are commonly confused with "citar"?

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

How do you pronounce "citar"?

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

What language does "citar" come from?

"citar" 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 "citar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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