censure

\sɑ̃.syʁ\

/\sɑ̃.syʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“censure” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,218. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,218
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Examen qu’un gouvernement fait faire des livres, des journaux, des pièces de théâtre, etc., avant d’en permettre la publication ou la représentation.

Corpus desk

Index FR-censure · censure · French

censure · rank #5,218 · 10 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,218
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH can

Nearest frequency peer: can (-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 « censure »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « censure » 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).

censure vs centre
71% similar
censure vs Cesare
57% similar
censure vs césure
71% similar

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

Key facts for censure
PropertyValue
Headwordcensure
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sɑ̃.syʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,218
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « censure »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).censurese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « can » (#5,217), « cesser » (#5,219), « bénéficie » (#5,216). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « censure » est au #5,218. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around censure (IPA \sɑ̃.syʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,218 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 10 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for censure, with forms such as "ccensure", "cennsure", and "censrue". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "centre", "Cesare", "césure", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is censure, spelled C-E-N-S-U-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Examen qu’un gouvernement fait faire des livres, des journaux, des pièces de théâtre, etc., avant d’en permettre la publication ou la représentation.
  2. 2
    Corps des personnes chargées de cet examen.
  3. 3
    Correction, répréhension, interdiction de publication.
  4. 4
    Silence médiatique concernant une publication ou une information.
  5. 5
    En matière de dogme, jugement qui porte condamnation.
  6. 6
    Excommunication, interdiction ou suspension d’exercice et de charge ecclésiastique.
  7. 7
    Peine disciplinaire que les corps, les ordres, les communautés et les assemblées délibérantes prononcent contre un de leurs membres.
  8. 8
    Dignité et fonction de censeur chez les romains.
  9. 9
    Annulation d’un acte législatif pour non-respect d’autres dispositions législatives, en particulier constitutionnelles.
  10. 10
    Fonction ayant l’effet de bloquer les désirs refoulés de l’inconscient de passer au préconscient.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. En l’absence de censure en amont, il fallait qu’un livre soit d’abord publié pour pouvoir être ensuite interdit, ce qui permettait, si on jouait serré, de mettre un bon nombre d’exemplaires en circulation avant que les censeurs ne frappent.
  2. Établir la censure.

This word in other languages

censorship(English)censura(Español)Zensur(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccensure
  • cennsure
  • censrue
  • censsure
  • censuer
  • censurre
  • cenusre
  • cesnure
  • cnesure
  • ecnsure

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of censure - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ccensure1cennsure1censrue2censsure1censuer2censurre1cenusre2cesnure2
Edit distance from "censure"

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 "censure"?
"censure" is spelled C-E-N-S-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sɑ̃.syʁ\.
What does "censure" mean?
As a noun, "censure" means: Examen qu’un gouvernement fait faire des livres, des journaux, des pièces de théâtre, etc., avant d’en permettre la publication ou la représentation.
What words are commonly confused with "censure"?
"censure" is commonly confused with "centre", "Cesare", "césure". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "censure"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "censure" is \sɑ̃.syʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "censure" come from?
"censure" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

chemise#5,224colonie#5,229étendue#5,207épaules#5,206

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

chaussée10 variantsélevage10 variantsvalable10 variantstrompé10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list