Centerville

name

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"centerville" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Centerville” is uncommon English (frequency #57,285 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,285
frequency rank, English
5,599
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An unincorporated community in Conecuh County, Alabama.

Corpus desk

Index EN-centerville · Centerville · English

Centerville · rank #57,285 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,285
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,599
  • PHOTO-FINISH Cenozoic

Nearest frequency peer: Cenozoic (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

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Long-tail ranks near “Centerville”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “Centerville” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Centerville
PropertyValue
HeadwordCenterville
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters11
Frequency rank#57,285
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Centerville” in English

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).Centervillefalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “Cenozoic” (#57,284), “cerevisiae” (#57,287), “causally” (#57,282). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “Centerville” is #57,285. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Centerville is uncommon English at frequency #57,285 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 56 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for Centerville in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From center + -ville. The correct English form is Centerville, spelled C-E-N-T-E-R-V-I-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    An unincorporated community in Conecuh County, Alabama.
  2. 2
    An unincorporated community in Faulkner County, Arkansas.
  3. 3
    A district of the city of Fremont, Alameda County, California.
  4. 4
    A ghost town in Alpine County, California.
  5. 5
    An unincorporated community in Butte County, California.
  6. 6
    The former name of Pilot Hill, an unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California.
  7. 7
    A census-designated place in Fresno County, California.
  8. 8
    A ghost town in Humboldt County, California.
  9. 9
    A community in the census-designated place of California Pines, Modoc County, California.
  10. 10
    An unincorporated community in Shasta County, California. Former name: Larkin.
  11. 11
    A neighborhood of the town of Hamden, New Haven County, Connecticut.
  12. 12
    An unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware.
  13. 13
    An unincorporated community in Leon County, Florida.
  14. 14
    A city in Houston County, Georgia; named for its central location relative Macon and Perry.
  15. 15
    An unincorporated community in Boise County, Idaho; named for its central location in the Boise Basin.
  16. 16
    A city in St. Clair County, Illinois.
  17. 17
    A town in Center Township, Wayne County, Indiana; named for its central location in its county.
  18. 18
    An unincorporated community in Grass Township, Spencer County, Indiana.
  19. 19
    A city, the county seat of Appanoose County, Iowa; named for William Tandy Senter (originally "Senterville").
  20. 20
    An unincorporated community in Boone County, Iowa.
  21. 21
    An unincorporated community in Evangeline Parish, Louisiana.
  22. 22
    An unincorporated community in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana.
  23. 23
    A township and former town in Washington County, Maine, since disincorporated.
  24. 24
    A village in the Town of Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.
  25. 25
    A small city in Anoka County, Minnesota; named for its central location relative Saint Paul, Anoka, and Stillwater.
  26. 26
    A town in Amite County and Wilkinson County, Mississippi.
  27. 27
    A tiny city, the county seat of Reynolds County, Missouri; named for its central location in its county.
  28. 28
    An unincorporated community in Douglas County, Nevada.
  29. 29
    An unincorporated community in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
  30. 30
    An unincorporated community in Mercer County, New Jersey.
  31. 31
    An unincorporated community in Monmouth County, New Jersey.
  32. 32
    A small town in Allegany County, New York.
  33. 33
    A census-designated place in Franklin County, North Carolina; named for its central location relative Louisburg, Warrenton and Littleton.
  34. 34
    A city in Montgomery County and Greene County, Ohio.
  35. 35
    A village in Gallia County, Ohio.
  36. 36
    An unincorporated community in Belmont County, Ohio; named for its central location in its township.
  37. 37
    Another name for Lees Creek, an unincorporated community in Wayne Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States.
  38. 38
    A village in Gallia County, Ohio.
  39. 39
    An unincorporated community in Prospect Township, Marion County, Ohio, United States.
  40. 40
    An unincorporated community in Wayne County, Ohio.
  41. 41
    A borough of Crawford County, Pennsylvania.
  42. 42
    A borough of Washington County, Pennsylvania.
  43. 43
    A census-designated place in Anderson County, South Carolina.
  44. 44
    A small city in Turner County, South Dakota; named for its central location relative Parker and Vermillion.
  45. 45
    A town, the county seat of Hickman County, Tennessee.
  46. 46
    A city, the county seat of Leon County, Texas; named for its central location in its county.
  47. 47
    An unincorporated community in Trinity County, Texas.
  48. 48
    A city in Davis County, Utah; named for its central location relative Farmington and Bountiful.
  49. 49
    An unincorporated community in Accomack County, Virginia.
  50. 50
    An unincorporated community in Augusta County, Virginia.
  51. 51
    An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Virginia.
  52. 52
    An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Klickitat County, Washington.
  53. 53
    An unincorporated community in the town of Wingville, Grant County, Wisconsin.
  54. 54
    A town in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.
  55. 55
    An unincorporated community in St. Croix County, Wisconsin.
  56. 56
    An unincorporated community in the town of Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin.

Etymology

From center + -ville.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Centerville"?
"Centerville" is spelled C-E-N-T-E-R-V-I-L-L-E.
What does "Centerville" mean?
As a proper noun, "Centerville" means: An unincorporated community in Conecuh County, Alabama.
What is the origin of the word "Centerville"?
From center + -ville. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Centerville", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list