center of gravity
/ˌsɛn.təɹ əv ˈɡɹæv.ə.ti/
"center-of-gravity" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“center of gravity” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A point, near or within a body, through which its weight can be assumed to act when considering forces on the body and its motion under gravity. This coincides with the center of mass in a uniform ...
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Index EN-center-of-gravity · center of gravity · English
center of gravity · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | center of gravity |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌsɛn.təɹ əv ˈɡɹæv.ə.ti/ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “center of gravity” in English
Rare enough to double-check
center of gravity is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌsɛn.təɹ əv ˈɡɹæv.ə.ti/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for center of gravity in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is center of gravity, spelled C-E-N-T-E-R- -O-F- -G-R-A-V-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1A point, near or within a body, through which its weight can be assumed to act when considering forces on the body and its motion under gravity. This coincides with the center of mass in a uniform gravitational field.
- 2The most central or important part of something, or around which everything else revolves.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.