centavos

/[sẽn̪ˈt̪aβ̞os]/ adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,152

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

centavos is anSpanishadj. It means: Forma del masculino plural de centavo. Pronounced [sẽn̪ˈt̪aβ̞os]. It ranks #6,152 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with centros and contamos.

Key facts for centavos
PropertyValue
Headwordcentavos
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[sẽn̪ˈt̪aβ̞os]
Letters8
Frequency rank#6,152
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of centavos in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for centavos is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [sẽn̪ˈt̪aβ̞os]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,152 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del masculino plural de centavo.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for centavos, with forms such as "ccentavos", "cenatvos", and "cenntavos". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "centros", "contamos", "contados", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is centavos, spelled C-E-N-T-A-V-O-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del masculino plural de centavo.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccentavos,cenatvos,cenntavos,centabos,centaovs,centavoss,centavso,centavvos,centtavos,centvaos,cetnavos,cnetavos,ecntavos,sentavos

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for centavos

Misspelling Variants of "centavos"

ccentavos9cenatvos8cenntavos9centabos8centaovs8centavoss9centavso8centavvos9
Misspelling Variants of "centavos"

Frequency rank: #6,152 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "centavos"?
"centavos" is spelled C-E-N-T-A-V-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [sẽn̪ˈt̪aβ̞os].
What does "centavos" mean?
As an adj, "centavos" means: Forma del masculino plural de centavo.
What words are commonly confused with "centavos"?
"centavos" is commonly confused with "centros", "contamos", "contados". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "centavos"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "centavos" is [sẽn̪ˈt̪aβ̞os]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "centavos" come from?
"centavos" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.