citrus
\ˈt͡si.trus\
The verdict
“citrus” is uncommon French (frequency #61,405 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,405
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Conditionnel de citri.
Corpus desk
Index FR-citrus · citrus · French
citrus · rank #61,405 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,405
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH ciboire
Nearest frequency peer: ciboire (-2 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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « citrus »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Christos
Christos
38,600 corpus weight
- chérit
chérit
38,599 corpus weight
- ciboire
ciboire
38,598 corpus weight
- citrus
citrus
38,596 corpus weight
- Colgate
Colgate
38,594 corpus weight
- colporteurs
colporteurs
38,593 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « citrus » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | citrus |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈt͡si.trus\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #61,405 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « citrus » en français
Rare enough to double-check
citrus is uncommon French at frequency #61,405 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈt͡si.trus\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Conditionnel de citri.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for citrus in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is citrus, spelled C-I-T-R-U-S.
Definition
- 1Conditionnel de citri.
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.
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