ciudadela
[sjuð̞aˈð̞ela]
The verdict
“ciudadela” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #19,058 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #19,058
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Recinto fortificado de manera permanente construido para defender o vigilar a una ciudad, o como último refugio para su guarnición.
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 | ciudadela |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [sjuð̞aˈð̞ela] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #19,058 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ciudadela” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for ciudadela is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [sjuð̞aˈð̞ela]. Corpus data places it at rank #19,058 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Recinto fortificado de manera permanente construido para defender o vigilar a una ciudad, o como último refugio para su guarnición.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for ciudadela, with forms such as "cciudadela", "ciduadela", and "ciuaddela". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "ciudades", "ciudadana", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is ciudadela, spelled C-I-U-D-A-D-E-L-A.
Definition
- 1Recinto fortificado de manera permanente construido para defender o vigilar a una ciudad, o como último refugio para su guarnición.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cciudadela,ciduadela,ciuaddela,ciudaddela,ciudadeal,ciudadella,ciudadlea,ciudaedla,ciuddadela,ciuddaela,cuidadela,icudadela,siudadela
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ciudadela - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “ciudadela”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-I-U-D-A-D-E-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [sjuð̞aˈð̞ela] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “ciudades” - see the side-by-side comparison. ciudadela vs ciudades
- 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.