cent

\sɑ̃\

/\sɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“cent” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,854. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,854
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Quatre-vingt-dix-neuf plus un, soit dix fois dix, correspondant au nombre 100.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cent · cent · French

cent · rank #1,854 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,854
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cadeau

Nearest frequency peer: cadeau (-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 « cent »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « cent » 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).

cent vs Ct
25% similar
cent vs CN
0% similar
cent vs ces
50% similar

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

Key facts for cent
PropertyValue
Headwordcent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\sɑ̃\
Letters4
Frequency rank#1,854
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cent »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).centse 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 « cadeau » (#1,853), « chefs » (#1,855), « bordel » (#1,852). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cent » est au #1,854. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around cent (IPA \sɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,854 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for cent, with forms such as "ccent", "cennt", and "centt". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Ct", "CN", "ces", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is cent, spelled C-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Quatre-vingt-dix-neuf plus un, soit dix fois dix, correspondant au nombre 100.
  2. 2
    Un grand nombre de.
  3. 3
    Centième, 100ᵉ, dont l’ordre est de 100.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Thorshavn est une capitale lilliputienne : elle compte huit cents habitants, et on la traverse en cinq minutes […]
  2. Ils demandent ensuite cent francs chacun de gratification quand ils auront trouvé le pêcheur pour nous conduire à l’Oyapok.

Synonyms

cinq vingts

This word in other languages

hundred(English)cien(Español)hundert(Deutsch)cem(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccent
  • cennt
  • centt
  • cetn
  • cnet
  • ecnt

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cent - 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.

ccent1cennt1centt1cetn2cnet2ecnt2
Edit distance from "cent"

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 "cent"?
"cent" is spelled C-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \sɑ̃\.
What does "cent" mean?
As an adjective, "cent" means: Quatre-vingt-dix-neuf plus un, soit dix fois dix, correspondant au nombre 100.
What words are commonly confused with "cent"?
"cent" is commonly confused with "Ct", "CN", "ces". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cent" is \sɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cent" come from?
"cent" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list