citation
[si.ta.sjɔ̃]
The verdict
“citation” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #64,458 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,458
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Citación
Corpus desk
Index ES-citation · citation · Spanish
citation · rank #64,458 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,458
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH circunda
Nearest frequency peer: circunda (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “citation”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- circunda
circunda
35,544 corpus weight
- citation
citation
35,543 corpus weight
- città
città
35,542 corpus weight
- clasificamos
clasificamos
35,540 corpus weight
- closed
closed
35,539 corpus weight
- Clovis
Clovis
35,538 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “citation” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | citation |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [si.ta.sjɔ̃] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #64,458 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “citation” en español
Rare enough to double-check
citation is uncommon Spanish at frequency #64,458 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [si.ta.sjɔ̃]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Citación".
citation doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is citation, spelled C-I-T-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Citación
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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