citoyenneté

\si.twa.jɛn.te\

/\si.twa.jɛn.te\/ noun

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The verdict

“citoyenneté” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,973. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,973
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Les droits et devoirs d’un citoyen respectant la cité (en général l’État où il vit).

Corpus desk

Index FR-citoyennete · citoyenneté · French

citoyenneté · rank #8,973 · 15 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,973
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH Chloé

Nearest frequency peer: Chloé (-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 « citoyenneté »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « citoyenneté » 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).

citoyenneté vs citoyenne
82% similar
citoyenneté vs citoyennes
82% similar

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

Key facts for citoyenneté
PropertyValue
Headwordcitoyenneté
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\si.twa.jɛn.te\
Letters11
Frequency rank#8,973
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « citoyenneté »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.citoyennetése place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Chloé » (#8,972), « clown » (#8,974), « chars » (#8,971). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « citoyenneté » est au #8,973. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around citoyenneté (IPA \si.twa.jɛn.te\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,973 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for citoyenneté, with forms such as "ccitoyenneté", "ciotyenneté", and "citoeynneté". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "citoyenne", "citoyennes", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is citoyenneté, spelled C-I-T-O-Y-E-N-N-E-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Les droits et devoirs d’un citoyen respectant la cité (en général l’État où il vit).
  2. 2
    Appartenance officielle à la population d'un pays, notamment attestée par la possibilité de délivrance d'un passeport.
  3. 3
    Appartenance à une collectivité politique, sociale et géographique présentant une certaine homogénéité.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how citoyenneté appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. L’État apparaît comme broyant par instinct les solidarités qui lui échappent afin que ne reste que la citoyenneté.
  2. La citoyenneté québécoise n'existe pas sur le plan juridique; il n'y a que la citoyenneté canadienne.

Synonyms

nationalité

This word in other languages

citizenship(English)ciudadanía(Español)Staatsbürgerschaft(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccitoyenneté
  • ciotyenneté
  • citoeynneté
  • citoyenenté
  • citoyeneté
  • citoyennete
  • citoyennetté
  • citoyenneét
  • citoyennteé
  • citoyneneté
  • citoyyenneté
  • cittoyenneté
  • cityoenneté
  • ctioyenneté
  • ictoyenneté

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of citoyenneté - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ccitoyenneté1ciotyenneté2citoeynneté2citoyenenté2citoyeneté1citoyennete1citoyennetté1citoyenneét2
Edit distance from "citoyenneté"

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 "citoyenneté"?
"citoyenneté" is spelled C-I-T-O-Y-E-N-N-E-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \si.twa.jɛn.te\.
What does "citoyenneté" mean?
As a noun, "citoyenneté" means: Les droits et devoirs d’un citoyen respectant la cité (en général l’État où il vit).
What words are commonly confused with "citoyenneté"?
"citoyenneté" is commonly confused with "citoyenne", "citoyennes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "citoyenneté"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "citoyenneté" is \si.twa.jɛn.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "citoyenneté" come from?
"citoyenneté" 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 "citoyenneté", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

cérémonies15 variantsaccumulation15 variantsfragments15 variantshypocrisie15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list