Centrelink
"centrelink" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Centrelink” is uncommon English (frequency #56,654 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,654
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The statutory authority responsible for providing social security payments.
Corpus desk
Index EN-centrelink · Centrelink · English
Centrelink · rank #56,654 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,654
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH CER
Nearest frequency peer: CER (+1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “Centrelink”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- cantata
cantata
43,351 corpus weight
- Carli
Carli
43,350 corpus weight
- Carlsberg
Carlsberg
43,349 corpus weight
- Centrelink
Centrelink
43,347 corpus weight
- CER
CER
43,346 corpus weight
- cest
cest
43,344 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Centrelink” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Centrelink |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #56,654 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Centrelink” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Centrelink is uncommon English at frequency #56,654 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The statutory authority responsible for providing social security payments.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Centrelink in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From centre + link. The correct English form is Centrelink, spelled C-E-N-T-R-E-L-I-N-K.
Definition
- 1The statutory authority responsible for providing social security payments.
Etymology
From centre + link.
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.
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