city

/ˈsɪt.i/

//ˈsɪt.i// noun

The verdict

“city” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #3,764. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,764
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ciudad.

Corpus desk

Index ES-city · city · Spanish

city · rank #3,764 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,764
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH Charles

Nearest frequency peer: Charles (-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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “city”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

city vs ciu
50% similar
city vs cut
50% similar
city vs cry
50% similar

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

Key facts for city
PropertyValue
Headwordcity
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈsɪt.i/
Letters4
Frequency rank#3,764
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “city”

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

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “Charles” (#3,763), “coalición” (#3,765), “cercana” (#3,762). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “city” va en #3,764. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around city (IPA /ˈsɪt.i/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,764 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Ciudad.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for city, with forms such as "ccity", "citty", and "cityy". 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, "ciu", "cut", "cry", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is city, spelled C-I-T-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ciudad.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccity
  • citty
  • cityy
  • ciyt
  • ctiy
  • icty
  • sity

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of city - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ccity1citty1cityy1ciyt2ctiy2icty2sity1
Edit distance from "city"

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 "city"?
"city" is spelled C-I-T-Y. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈsɪt.i/.
What does "city" mean?
As a noun, "city" means: Ciudad.
What words are commonly confused with "city"?
"city" is commonly confused with "ciu", "cut", "cry". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "city"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "city" is /ˈsɪt.i/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "city" come from?
"city" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list