censés

\sɑ̃.se\

/\sɑ̃.se\/ adj

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The verdict

“censés” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,654. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,654
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de censé.

Corpus desk

Index FR-censes · censés · French

censés · rank #10,654 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,654
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH catholicisme

Nearest frequency peer: catholicisme (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « censés »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « censés » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

censés vs CNES
0% similar
censés vs cese
50% similar
censés vs cesse
50% similar

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

Key facts for censés
PropertyValue
Headwordcensés
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\sɑ̃.se\
Letters6
Frequency rank#10,654
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « censés »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.censésse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « catholicisme » (#10,653), « chaudière » (#10,655), « chauffeurs » (#10,656). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « censés » est au #10,654. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around censés (IPA \sɑ̃.se\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #10,654 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de censé.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for censés, with forms such as "ccensés", "cennsés", and "censes". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "CNES", "cese", "cesse", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is censés, spelled C-E-N-S-É-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de censé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how censés appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Oh certes, il aurait tout abandonné dans la seconde à Dieu, sans l’ombre d'une hésitation, mais certainement pas aux hommes censés le représenter ; afin qu’ils pètent dans la soie, entretiennent sur un grand pied leurs catins ou damoiseaux, ou dilapident son argent en mangeries et en beuveries ?

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccensés
  • cennsés
  • censes
  • censsés
  • censéss
  • cenéss
  • cesnés
  • cnesés
  • ecnsés

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccensés1cennsés1censes1censsés1censéss1cenéss2cesnés2cnesés2
Edit distance from "censés"

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "censés"?
"censés" is spelled C-E-N-S-É-S. The IPA pronunciation is \sɑ̃.se\.
What does "censés" mean?
As an adjective, "censés" means: Masculin pluriel de censé.
What words are commonly confused with "censés"?
"censés" is commonly confused with "CNES", "cese", "cesse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "censés"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "censés" is \sɑ̃.se\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "censés" come from?
"censés" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

coeurs#10,662armure#10,632criant#10,678abouti#10,623

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

briller9 variantscookies9 variantsdignes9 variantsélysée9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list