cental
/ˈsɛntəl/noun, adjective
cental is spelled C-E-N-T-A-L: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 31 million words in written English, the 169,822nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cental means “A weight of one hundred avoirdupois pounds” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cental is centals.
How many letters and syllables are in cental?
| Letters | 6: C-E-N-T-A-L |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 31 million words; the 169,822nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is cental?
Cental appears about once in every 31 million words in written English, the 169,822nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce cental?
- /ˈsɛntəl/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with cental?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as cental.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: lancet, cantle.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of cental
- centals plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cental mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A weight of one hundred avoirdupois pounds.
adjective
- 1
Relating to a hundred.
- 2
Pertaining to a cent (unit of currency, typically worth 1/100 of the base unit of currency).
cental coins
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does cental come from?
From Latin centum (“a hundred”) + -al, perhaps modeled after quintal.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).