# censure

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈsɛn.ʃə/ · frequency rank #31,101

## Definitions
1. The act of blaming, criticizing, or condemning as wrong; reprehension.
2. Official reprimand.
3. A judicial or ecclesiastical sentence or reprimand; condemnatory judgment.
4. A judgment (either favorable or unfavorable); an opinion.

## Etymology
From 1350–1400 Middle English censure, from Old French, from Latin censūra (“censor's office or assessment”), from censēre (“to consider, to assess, to value, to judge, to tax, etc.”).

## Easily confused with
- **centre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/censure-vs-centre)
- **census** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/censure-vs-census)
- **century** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/censure-vs-century)
- **closure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/censure-vs-closure)
- **consume** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/censure-vs-consume)
- **conjure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/censure-vs-conjure)
- **censuses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/censure-vs-censuses)
- **censor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/censor-vs-censure)
- **censored** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/censored-vs-censure)

## Common misspellings (10)
`ccensure`, `cennsure`, `censrue`, `censsure`, `censuer`, `censurre`, `cenusre`, `cesnure`, `cnesure`, `ecnsure`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/censure