centaur
cen·taur/ˈsɛn.tɔɹ/noun
centaur is spelled C-E-N-T-A-U-R: 7 letters and 2 syllables (cen·taur). It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 37,459th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, centaur means “A mythical beast having a horse's body with a man's head and torso in place of the head and neck of the horse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of centaur is centaurs.
How many letters and syllables are in centaur?
| Letters | 7: C-E-N-T-A-U-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: cen·taur |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 37,459th 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 centaur?
Centaur appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 37,459th 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 centaur?
- UK /ˈsɛn.tɔː/
- US /ˈsɛn.tɔɹ/
- US /ˈsɛn.tɑɹ/
Centaur has 2 syllables, split cen·taur in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-centaur.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with centaur?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as centaur (/ɛntɔɹ/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: uncrate.
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 centaur
- centaurs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does centaur mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A mythical beast having a horse's body with a man's head and torso in place of the head and neck of the horse.
- 2
One of a number of icy planetoids that orbit the Sun between Jupiter and Neptune.
- 3
A chess-playing team comprising a human player and a computer who work together.
- 4
A human and an AI who work together.
noun
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of centaur.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Centaur in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does centaur come from?
From Latin centaurus, from Ancient Greek κένταυρος (kéntauros), from Κένταυρος (Kéntauros, “a member of a savage race from Thessaly”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).