Which to use
“cent” is a num and “cera” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #35,409
- “cent” frequency rank
- #9,952
- “cera” frequency rank
- 45361
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cent | cera |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Cien. | Se llama así a cualquier éster de los ácidos grasos con alcoholes de peso molecular elevado, es decir, son moléculas que se obtienen por esterificación de un ácido graso con un alcohol monovalente lineal de cadena larga. Por ejemplo la cera de abeja. Son sustancias altamente insolubles en medios acuosos y a temperatura ambiente se presentan sólidas y duras. En los animales la podemos encontrar en la superficie del cuerpo, piel, plumas. En vegetales las ceras recubren en la epidermis de frutos, tallos, junto con la cutícula o la suberina, que evitan la pérdida de agua por evaporación en las plantas. |
Where the eye mixes cent and cera
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between cent and cera
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cent is [t͡sent] while cera is [ˈseɾa]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (num vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45361, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cent is recorded at frequency rank #35,409, classified as anum, pronounced [t͡sent]. cera is at rank #9,952, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈseɾa].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 45361, this pair ranks #131,873 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cent vs cera
Shared letters: ce. Private to "cent": nt. Private to "cera": ar.
"cent" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "cera" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cent" for "cera" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "cent" or "cera" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "cent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #131,873 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cent" and "cera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cent vs count". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #131,873 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.