cítara
[ˈsit̪aɾa]
The verdict
“cítara” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #90,784 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,784
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Instrumento de cuerda pulsada, en que estas están afinadas en pares (como el laúd) pero con la parte posterior plana como la guitarra.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cítara |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈsit̪aɾa] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #90,784 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cítara” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cítara is uncommon Spanish at frequency #90,784 among 77,812 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈsit̪aɾa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for cítara in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is cítara, spelled C-Í-T-A-R-A.
Definition
- 1Instrumento de cuerda pulsada, en que estas están afinadas en pares (como el laúd) pero con la parte posterior plana como la guitarra.
- 2Instrumento de cuerda que se sostiene sobre las rodillas o en una mesa y que se puntea. Algunas cuerdas pueden ser pisadas (como en la guitarra actual) y otras tienen altura fija y son usadas para acompañamiento. Es un instrumento folclórico de Europa Central.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “cítara”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-Í-T-A-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈsit̪aɾa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.