centrality
/sɛnˈtɹæl.ə.ti/noun
centrality is spelled C-E-N-T-R-A-L-I-T-Y: 10 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 45,947th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, centrality means “The state of being central” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of centrality is centralities.
How many letters and syllables are in centrality?
| Letters | 10: C-E-N-T-R-A-L-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 45,947th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 centrality?
Centrality appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 45,947th 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 centrality?
- UK /sɛnˈtɹæl.ɪ.ti/
- US /sɛnˈtɹæl.ə.ti/
- US [sɛnˈtɹæl.ə.ɾi]
Centrality has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-centrality.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with centrality?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as centrality from its last stressed vowel (/æləti/):
- reality
- personality
- sexuality
- hospitality
- neutrality
- immortality
- normality
- abnormality
- commonality
- punctuality
- universality
- irrationality
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 centrality
- centralities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does centrality mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The state of being central.
- 2
A tendency to remain at, or move towards the centre.
- 3
Any of various measures of the relative importance of a vertex in a graph.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Centrality in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the state of being central:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | centralidade |
| Spanish | centralidad |
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 centrality come from?
From central + -ity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).