cité-État
\si.te.e.ta\
The verdict
“cité-État” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Espace géographique contrôlé exclusivement par une ville, qui possède généralement la souveraineté.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cite-etat · cité-État · French
cité-État · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cité-État |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \si.te.e.ta\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
cité-État is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \si.te.e.ta\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for cité-État, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is cité-État, spelled C-I-T-É---É-T-A-T.
Definition
- 1Espace géographique contrôlé exclusivement par une ville, qui possède généralement la souveraineté.
- 2Ville allemande qui constitue un land à elle seule.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cité-État appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Singapour, cité-État, en troisième position de l’Indice mondial de l’innovation pour la deuxième année consécutive.
Athènes, Sparte et Thèbes étaient les trois plus puissantes cités-États de la Grèce antique.
Synonyms
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.