centrum
[ˈt͡sɛntrum]
The verdict
“centrum” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #21,926. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,926
- frequency rank, German
- 1,273
- “C” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zentrum, Mitte, Mittelpunkt
Corpus desk
Index DE-centrum · centrum · German
centrum · rank #21,926 · 11 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,926
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,273
- PHOTO-FINISH Chancengleich…
Nearest frequency peer: Chancengleichheit (+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 „centrum“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Bundesnetza…
Bundesnetzagentur
78,079 corpus weight
- Bürgerrechte
Bürgerrechte
78,078 corpus weight
- centrum
centrum
78,075 corpus weight
- Chancenglei…
Chancengleichheit
78,074 corpus weight
- checkt
checkt
78,073 corpus weight
- cher
cher
78,072 corpus weight
What this shows „centrum“ 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 | centrum |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡sɛntrum] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #21,926 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „centrum“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around centrum (IPA [ˈt͡sɛntrum]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,926 among 1,273 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for centrum, with forms such as "ccentrum", "cenntrum", and "cenrtum". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Centre", "centro", "central", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is centrum, spelled C-E-N-T-R-U-M.
Definition
- 1Zentrum, Mitte, Mittelpunkt
- 2Stadtzentrum, Stadtmitte, Innenstadt
- 3Ort, an dem sich etwas konzentriert; Zentrum
- 4Mitte
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how centrum appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Gdzie jest centrum miasta?
Mieszkamy w centrum.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccentrum
- cenntrum
- cenrtum
- centrmu
- centrrum
- centrumm
- centtrum
- centurm
- cetnrum
- cnetrum
- ecntrum
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of centrum - 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 "centrum", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).