censurer

/\sɑ̃.sy.ʁe\/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#24,512

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

censurer is aFrenchverb. It means: Blâmer, critiquer, reprendre. Pronounced \sɑ̃.sy.ʁe\. Often confused with césure and centrer.

Key facts for censurer
PropertyValue
Headwordcensurer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\sɑ̃.sy.ʁe\
Letters8
Frequency rank#24,512
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of censurer in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for censurer is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sɑ̃.sy.ʁe\. Corpus data places it at rank #24,512 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for censurer, with forms such as "ccensurer", "cennsurer", and "censruer". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "césure", "centrer", "consumer", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is censurer, spelled C-E-N-S-U-R-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Blâmer, critiquer, reprendre.
  2. 2
    Déclarer qu’un livre, qu’une proposition, etc. contient des erreurs.
  3. 3
    Interdire la publication ou la diffusion de livres, revues, etc.
  4. 4
    Frapper de nullité un acte législatif.
  5. 5
    Prononcer une peine disciplinaire contre un ou des membres d'une confrérie, d'un corps, etc.
  6. 6
    Retirer un patient d'une étude lorsque l’on arrête de le suivre avant la survenue de l’événement étudié. Le patient est dit censuré, par exemple lorsqu'il est encore vivant à la fin d'une étude de survie.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccensurer,cennsurer,censruer,censsurer,censuerr,censurerr,censurrer,cenusrer,cesnurer,cnesurer,ecnsurer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for censurer

Misspelling Variants of "censurer"

ccensurer9cennsurer9censruer8censsurer9censuerr8censurerr9censurrer9cenusrer8
Misspelling Variants of "censurer"

Frequency rank: #24,512 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "censurer"?
"censurer" is spelled C-E-N-S-U-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \sɑ̃.sy.ʁe\.
What does "censurer" mean?
As a verb, "censurer" means: Blâmer, critiquer, reprendre.
What words are commonly confused with "censurer"?
"censurer" is commonly confused with "césure", "centrer", "consumer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "censurer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "censurer" is \sɑ̃.sy.ʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "censurer" come from?
"censurer" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.