citizens

\ˈsɪt.ə.zənz\

/\ˈsɪt.ə.zənz\/ noun

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The verdict

“citizens” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #46,068. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,068
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de citizen.

Corpus desk

Index FR-citizens · citizens · French

citizens · rank #46,068 · 12 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #46,068
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH circonspect

Nearest frequency peer: circonspect (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « citizens »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « citizens » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

citizens vs citoyens
75% similar
citizens vs cities
75% similar
citizens vs citizen
88% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

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)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « citizens »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).citizensse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « circonspect » (#46,067), « clairvoyant » (#46,069), « cigognes » (#46,066). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « citizens » est au #46,068. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around citizens (IPA \ˈsɪt.ə.zənz\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #46,068 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de citizen.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for citizens, with forms such as "ccitizens", "ciitzens", and "citiezns". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "citoyens", "cities", "citizen", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is citizens, spelled C-I-T-I-Z-E-N-S.

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

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of citizens - 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.

ccitizens1ciitzens2citiezns2citizenns1citizenss1citizesn2citiznes2citizzens1
Edit distance from "citizens"

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.

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. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "citizens", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cigognes#46,066comeback#46,073charnier#46,060Charline#46,059

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

bizarrerie12 variantsdoutaient12 variantsdureront12 variantsaveuglés12 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list