cent fois
\sɑ̃ fwa\
The verdict
“cent fois” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fort souvent.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cent-fois · cent fois · French
cent fois · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cent fois |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \sɑ̃ fwa\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cent fois » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cent fois is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \sɑ̃ fwa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for cent fois in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 cent fois, spelled C-E-N-T- -F-O-I-S.
Definition
- 1Fort souvent.
- 2Beaucoup.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cent fois appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
J'ignore comment j'eus assez de force pour résister à cette cruelle agonie; je reçus cent fois la mort, et mon ame, déchirée par la douleur, éprouva, pendant ces funestes momens, les tourmens d'une horrible anxiété.
Elle m’a dit plus de cent fois, et je vous le redirai autant de fois, qu’elle aimerait mieux se jeter dans le puits que de se laisser seulement embrasser par un coureur de filles comme vous.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.