centesimal
/sɛnˈtɛsəməl/adjective
centesimal is spelled C-E-N-T-E-S-I-M-A-L: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 87 million words in written English, the 297,763rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, centesimal means “Divided into a hundred parts” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in centesimal?
| Letters | 10: C-E-N-T-E-S-I-M-A-L |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 87 million words; the 297,763rd 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 centesimal?
Centesimal appears about once in every 87 million words in written English, the 297,763rd 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 centesimal?
- US /sɛnˈtɛsəməl/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-ca-centesimal.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with centesimal?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as centesimal (/ɛsəməl/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: lemniscate.
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).
What does centesimal mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Divided into a hundred parts.
- 2
Describing a hundredth part.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Centesimal in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense divided into a hundred parts:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | centésimal |
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 centesimal come from?
From Latin centēsimus + -al.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).