citrine
\si.tʁin\
The verdict
“citrine” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Variété de quartz dont la couleur jaune est due à la présence d’infimes quantités d’oxydes de fer.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | citrine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \si.tʁin\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “citrine” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
citrine is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \si.tʁin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for citrine in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is citrine, spelled C-I-T-R-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Variété de quartz dont la couleur jaune est due à la présence d’infimes quantités d’oxydes de fer.
- 2Huile essentielle de citron.
- 3Amanite citrine.
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “citrine”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-I-T-R-I-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \si.tʁin\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.