citizens

/\ˈsɪt.ə.zənz\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#46,068

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

citizens is aFrenchnoun. It means: Pluriel de citizen. Pronounced \ˈsɪt.ə.zənz\. Often confused with citoyens and cities.

Key facts for citizens
PropertyValue
Headwordcitizens
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈsɪt.ə.zənz\
Letters8
Frequency rank#46,068
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of citizens in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for citizens is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ˈsɪt.ə.zənz\. Corpus data places it at rank #46,068 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pluriel de citizen.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for citizens, with forms such as "ccitizens", "ciitzens", and "citiezns". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "citoyens", "cities", "citizen", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is citizens, spelled C-I-T-I-Z-E-N-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de citizen.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccitizens,ciitzens,citiezns,citizenns,citizenss,citizesn,citiznes,citizzens,cittizens,citziens,ctiizens,ictizens

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for citizens

Misspelling Variants of "citizens"

ccitizens9ciitzens8citiezns8citizenns9citizenss9citizesn8citiznes8citizzens9
Misspelling Variants of "citizens"

Frequency rank: #46,068 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "citizens"?
"citizens" is spelled C-I-T-I-Z-E-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈsɪt.ə.zənz\.
What does "citizens" mean?
As a noun, "citizens" means: Pluriel de citizen.
What words are commonly confused with "citizens"?
"citizens" is commonly confused with "citoyens", "cities", "citizen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "citizens"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "citizens" is \ˈsɪt.ə.zənz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "citizens" come from?
"citizens" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.