civitas
/ˈkiː.wi.taːs/
The verdict
“civitas” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #62,147 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,147
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ciudadanía, conjunto de ciudadanos de una ciudad o estado.
Corpus desk
Index ES-civitas · civitas · Spanish
civitas · rank #62,147 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,147
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH Cincel
Nearest frequency peer: Cincel (-2 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 “civitas”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- chifla
chifla
37,860 corpus weight
- chiíes
chiíes
37,859 corpus weight
- Cincel
Cincel
37,856 corpus weight
- civitas
civitas
37,854 corpus weight
- coacciones
coacciones
37,852 corpus weight
- coeur
coeur
37,848 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “civitas” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | civitas |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkiː.wi.taːs/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #62,147 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “civitas” en español
Rare enough to double-check
civitas is uncommon Spanish at frequency #62,147 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkiː.wi.taːs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
civitas has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is civitas, spelled C-I-V-I-T-A-S.
Definition
- 1Ciudadanía, conjunto de ciudadanos de una ciudad o estado.
- 2Ciudadanía, derecho de ciudadanía.
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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