# censor vs census

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### censor
*noun · IPA /ˈsɛnsə/ · frequency rank #18,034*
One of the two magistrates who originally administered the census of citizens, and by Classical times (between the 8th century B.C.E. and the 6th century C.E.) was a high judge of public behaviour and morality.

### census
*noun · IPA /ˈsɛnsəs/ · frequency rank #5,198*
An official count or enumeration of members of a population (not necessarily human), usually residents or citizens in a particular region, often done at regular intervals.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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