century plant
"century-plant" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“century plant” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An agave (Agave americana) originally from Mexico but cultivated worldwide.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | century plant |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “century plant” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for century plant is 13 letters long, classified as a noun. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for century plant, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: So named because the plant may live for several decades before producing flowers. Once a plant flowers and produces seeds, it dies. The correct English form is century plant, spelled C-E-N-T-U-R-Y- -P-L-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1An agave (Agave americana) originally from Mexico but cultivated worldwide.
- 2Other plants in the genus Agave
Etymology
So named because the plant may live for several decades before producing flowers. Once a plant flowers and produces seeds, it dies.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “century plant”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-E-N-T-U-R-Y- -P-L-A-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.