censeur
\sɑ̃.sœʁ\
The verdict
“censeur” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #39,203 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #39,203
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Magistrat romain chargé d’établir le cens, c’est-à-dire le recensement des citoyens, le contrôle de l’état de leur fortune, et la légitimité de leur appartenance à telle ou telle classe (sénatorial...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | censeur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sɑ̃.sœʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #39,203 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “censeur” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for censeur is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sɑ̃.sœʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #39,203 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for censeur, with forms such as "ccenseur", "cenesur", and "cennseur". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "cesser", "center", "censure", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is censeur, spelled C-E-N-S-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Magistrat romain chargé d’établir le cens, c’est-à-dire le recensement des citoyens, le contrôle de l’état de leur fortune, et la légitimité de leur appartenance à telle ou telle classe (sénatoriale ou équestre).
- 2Envieux qui reprend ou qui contrôle les actions d’autrui, sans pour autant être le moins du monde qualifié pour ça ; casse-pieds qui trouve à redire à tout.
- 3Personne qu’un gouvernement prépose à l’examen des livres, des journaux, des pièces de théâtre, etc., avant d’en permettre la publication ou la représentation.
- 4Personne chargée de surveiller les études et de maintenir le bon ordre et la discipline dans un lycée en tant qu’adjoint du proviseur.
- 5Personne chargée de contrôler la partie financière de certains établissements ou de certaines sociétés.
- 6Critique qui juge des œuvres littéraires.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccenseur,cenesur,cennseur,censeru,censeurr,censseur,cesneur,cneseur,ecnseur
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of censeur - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “censeur”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-E-N-S-E-U-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \sɑ̃.sœʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “cesser” - see the side-by-side comparison. censeur vs cesser
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.