# cent

> English word · Noun · IPA /sɛnt/ · frequency rank #1,555

## Definitions
1. A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢.
2. A small sum of money.
3. A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the euro.
4. A coin having face value of one cent (in either of the above senses).
5. A hundredth of a semitone or half step.
6. A unit of reactivity equal to one hundredth of a dollar.
7. Abbreviation of century.
8. Abbreviation of Latincentum (“one hundred”).
9. Abbreviation of centigrade.
10. Abbreviation of center.

## Etymology
From Middle English cent, from Old French cent, from Latin centum, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm.

## Easily confused with
- **CT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cent-vs-ct)
- **cut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cent-vs-cut)
- **CEO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cent-vs-ceo)
- **CNN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cent-vs-cnn)
- **con** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cent-vs-con)
- **cot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cent-vs-cot)
- **CES** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cent-vs-ces)
- **CRT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cent-vs-crt)
- **CST** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cent-vs-cst)
- **CNS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cent-vs-cns)
- **CNC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cent-vs-cnc)
- **CET** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cent-vs-cet)
- **cit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cent-vs-cit)
- **CGT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cent-vs-cgt)
- **cost** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cent-vs-cost)
- **chat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cent-vs-chat)
- **coat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cent-vs-coat)
- **cult** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cent-vs-cult)
- **Chen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cent-vs-chen)
- **cunt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cent-vs-cunt)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ccent`, `cennt`, `centt`, `cetn`, `cnet`, `ecnt`

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