# centre

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈsɛntə/ · frequency rank #1,180

## Definitions
1. Australia, British, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and South Africa standard spelling of center.

## Etymology
From Middle English center, centre, from Middle French centre, from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron), from κεντεῖν (kenteîn, “to prick, goad”). Doublet of centrum.

## Easily confused with
- **cents** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/centre-vs-cents)
- **conte** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/centre-vs-conte)
- **century** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/centre-vs-century)
- **centres** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/centre-vs-centres)
- **centred** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/centre-vs-centred)
- **cent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cent-vs-centre)
- **center** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/center-vs-centre)
- **central** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/central-vs-centre)
- **centers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/centers-vs-centre)
- **censure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/censure-vs-centre)
- **centered** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/centered-vs-centre)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ccentre`, `cenntre`, `cenrte`, `centrre`, `centtre`, `cetnre`, `cnetre`, `ecntre`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/centre