Centurion

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The verdict

“Centurion” is uncommon German (frequency #87,545 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,545
frequency rank, German
1,273
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stadt in der südafrikanischen Provinz Gauteng

Corpus desk

Index DE-centurion · Centurion · German

Centurion · rank #87,545 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,545
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,273
  • PHOTO-FINISH caught

Nearest frequency peer: caught (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Centurion“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Centurion“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Centurion
PropertyValue
HeadwordCenturion
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[…]
Letters9
Frequency rank#87,545
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Centurion“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Centurionfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „caught“ (#87,544), „Catholic“ (#87,543), „charismatischer“ (#87,547). Unter 1,273 „C“-Lemmata liegt „Centurion“ bei #87,545. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Centurion is uncommon German at frequency #87,545 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Stadt in der südafrikanischen Provinz Gauteng".

Centurion doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Centurion, spelled C-E-N-T-U-R-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Stadt in der südafrikanischen Provinz Gauteng

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Unsere erste CD ist bei Chorus erschienen, einem kleinen Gospellabel in Centurion.“

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 "Centurion"?
"Centurion" is spelled C-E-N-T-U-R-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Centurion" mean?
As a proper noun, "Centurion" means: Stadt in der südafrikanischen Provinz Gauteng
How do you pronounce "Centurion"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Centurion" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Centurion" come from?
"Centurion" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Chefärzte#87,550Chipkarte#87,552dableiben#87,569botanisch#87,513

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list