centurión

[sẽn̪t̪uˈɾjõn]

/[sẽn̪t̪uˈɾjõn]/ noun

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The verdict

“centurión” has 14 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #22,976. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,976
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Oficial del ejército romano que contaba con mando táctico y administrativo, jefe de una centuria.

Corpus desk

Index ES-centurion · centurión · Spanish

centurión · rank #22,976 · 14 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,976
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH cesó

Nearest frequency peer: cesó (+1 rank slots)

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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “centurión”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “centurión” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

centurión vs cinturón
78% similar
centurión vs centuria
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for centurión
PropertyValue
Headwordcenturión
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[sẽn̪t̪uˈɾjõn]
Letters9
Frequency rank#22,976
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “centurión”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).centurióncae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “cesó” (#22,977), “carnavales” (#22,974), “carcajada” (#22,973). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “centurión” va en #22,976. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around centurión (IPA [sẽn̪t̪uˈɾjõn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,976 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Oficial del ejército romano que contaba con mando táctico y administrativo, jefe de una centuria.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for centurión, with forms such as "ccenturión", "cennturión", and "centruión". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "cinturón", "centuria", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is centurión, spelled C-E-N-T-U-R-I-Ó-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Oficial del ejército romano que contaba con mando táctico y administrativo, jefe de una centuria.

This word in other languages

centurion(English)centurion(Français)Zenturio(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccenturión
  • cennturión
  • centruión
  • centturión
  • centuirón
  • centurinó
  • centuriónn
  • centurrión
  • centuróin
  • cenutrión
  • cetnurión
  • cneturión
  • ecnturión
  • senturión

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of centurión - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ccenturión1cennturión1centruión2centturión1centuirón2centurinó2centuriónn1centurrión1
Edit distance from "centurión"

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "centurión"?
"centurión" is spelled C-E-N-T-U-R-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [sẽn̪t̪uˈɾjõn].
What does "centurión" mean?
As a noun, "centurión" means: Oficial del ejército romano que contaba con mando táctico y administrativo, jefe de una centuria.
What words are commonly confused with "centurión"?
"centurión" is commonly confused with "cinturón", "centuria". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "centurión"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "centurión" is [sẽn̪t̪uˈɾjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "centurión" come from?
"centurión" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "centurión", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

carcajada#22,973cantautor#22,971Canelones#22,969calatrava#22,967

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

contratan14 variantsautoritaria14 variantsasequible14 variantsdefectuoso14 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list