cittosis
The verdict
“cittosis” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pica, trouble de l’appétit consistant à manger des substances non comestibles.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cittosis · cittosis · French
cittosis · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cittosis |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
cittosis is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pica, trouble de l’appétit consistant à manger des substances non comestibles.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cittosis, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is cittosis, spelled C-I-T-T-O-S-I-S.
Definition
- 1Pica, trouble de l’appétit consistant à manger des substances non comestibles.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cittosis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
An unnatural desire for foods; alternative terms are cittosis, allotriophagy, and pica.
Synonyms
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.