# center vs century

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### center
*noun · IPA /ˈsɛn.tə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #649*
The point in the interior of a circle that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.

### century
*noun · IPA /ˈsɛnt͡ʃʊɹi/ · frequency rank #1,011*
A period of one hundred consecutive years; often specifically a numbered period with conventional start and end dates, e.g., the twentieth century, which stretches from (strictly) 1901 through 2000, or (informally) 1900 through 1999. The first century AD was from 1 to 100.

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