cent
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The verdict
“cent” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #3,430. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,430
- frequency rank, German
- 1,273
- “C” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cent (Eurocent)
Corpus desk
Index DE-cent · cent · German
cent · rank #3,430 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,430
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,273
- PHOTO-FINISH breiten
Nearest frequency peer: breiten (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „cent“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- beziehungsw…
beziehungsweise
96,574 corpus weight
- Bleibe
Bleibe
96,573 corpus weight
- breiten
breiten
96,572 corpus weight
- cent
cent
96,571 corpus weight
- CUP
CUP
96,570 corpus weight
- diverse
diverse
96,569 corpus weight
What this shows „cent“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cent |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #3,430 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „cent“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around cent (IPA […]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,430 among 1,273 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for cent, with forms such as "ccent", "cennt", and "centt". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "CT", "Cn", "con", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is cent, spelled C-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Cent (Eurocent)
- 2Cent
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccent
- cennt
- centt
- cetn
- cnet
- ecnt
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cent - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cent", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).