citadelles
\si.ta.dɛl\
The verdict
“citadelles” is uncommon French (frequency #50,121 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,121
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de citadelle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-citadelles · citadelles · French
citadelles · rank #50,121 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,121
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH Châtellerault
Nearest frequency peer: Châtellerault (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « citadelles »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- chrysalide
chrysalide
49,882 corpus weight
- Châtellerau…
Châtellerault
49,881 corpus weight
- citadelles
citadelles
49,880 corpus weight
- cofondatrice
cofondatrice
49,879 corpus weight
- collect
collect
49,878 corpus weight
- collectent
collectent
49,877 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « citadelles » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | citadelles |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \si.ta.dɛl\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #50,121 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « citadelles » en français
Rare enough to double-check
citadelles is uncommon French at frequency #50,121 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \si.ta.dɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de citadelle.".
citadelles doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is citadelles, spelled C-I-T-A-D-E-L-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de citadelle.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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