cent pour cent
\sɑ̃ puʁ sɑ̃\
The verdict
“cent pour cent” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Entièrement, totalement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cent-pour-cent · cent pour cent · French
cent pour cent · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 pour cent |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \sɑ̃ puʁ sɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cent pour cent » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cent pour cent is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \sɑ̃ puʁ sɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Entièrement, totalement.".
No misspelling variants are generated for cent pour cent in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is cent pour cent, spelled C-E-N-T- -P-O-U-R- -C-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Entièrement, totalement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cent pour cent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ces étudiantes national-socialistes cent pour cent affichent volontiers une allure soldatesque qui contraste , étrangement, avec leur pruderie réelle et touchante.
Ça fait longtemps que je te cherchais ! Tu ne me croiras peut-être pas, mais tu es la fille cent pour cent parfaite pour moi, dit le jeune homme à la jeune fille.
This word in other languages
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.