Cents

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The verdict

“Cents” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #32,461. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,461
frequency rank, German
1,273
“C” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stadtteil der Stadt Luxemburg

Corpus desk

Index DE-cents · Cents · German

Cents · rank #32,461 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #32,461
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,273
  • PHOTO-FINISH Chefkoch

Nearest frequency peer: Chefkoch (+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 „Cents“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Cents“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Cents vs Ces
60% similar
Cents vs CETA
20% similar
Cents vs cons
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Cents
PropertyValue
HeadwordCents
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[…]
Letters5
Frequency rank#32,461
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Cents“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Centsliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Chefkoch“ (#32,462), „Christo“ (#32,463), „cleverer“ (#32,464). Unter 1,273 „C“-Lemmata liegt „Cents“ bei #32,461. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Cents (IPA […]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #32,461 among 1,273 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Stadtteil der Stadt Luxemburg".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Cents, with forms such as "ccents", "cennts", and "censt". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Ces", "CETA", "cons", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Cents, spelled C-E-N-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Stadtteil der Stadt Luxemburg

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Cents appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Cents ist ein Stadtteil von Luxemburg.

This word in other languages

Cents(English)Cents(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccents
  • cennts
  • censt
  • centss
  • centts
  • cetns
  • cnets
  • ecnts

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Cents - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ccents1cennts1censt2centss1centts1cetns2cnets2ecnts2
Edit distance from "Cents"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Cents"?
"Cents" is spelled C-E-N-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Cents" mean?
As a proper noun, "Cents" means: Stadtteil der Stadt Luxemburg
What words are commonly confused with "Cents"?
"Cents" is commonly confused with "Ces", "CETA", "cons". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Cents"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Cents" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Cents" come from?
"Cents" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Cents", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dehnt#32,474Dokus#32,481Welpe#32,362wanna#32,359

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list