centaine

\sɑ̃.tɛn\

/\sɑ̃.tɛn\/ noun

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The verdict

“centaine” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,734. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,734
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Un nombre de cent ou environ.

Corpus desk

Index FR-centaine · centaine · French

centaine · rank #4,734 · 11 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,734
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH bol

Nearest frequency peer: bol (-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 « centaine »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « centaine » 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).

centaine vs certain
75% similar
centaine vs centime
75% similar
centaine vs certains
75% similar

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

Key facts for centaine
PropertyValue
Headwordcentaine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sɑ̃.tɛn\
Letters8
Frequency rank#4,734
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « centaine »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).centainese 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 « bol » (#4,733), « coalition » (#4,735), « av » (#4,732). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « centaine » est au #4,734. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around centaine (IPA \sɑ̃.tɛn\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,734 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for centaine, with forms such as "ccentaine", "cenatine", and "cenntaine". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "certain", "centime", "certains", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is centaine, spelled C-E-N-T-A-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Un nombre de cent ou environ.
  2. 2
    Dizaine de dizaine.
  3. 3
    Cent ans.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. À la centaine, par centaines : En grande quantité.
  2. La place Kléber, du matin au soir, n’est plus qu’un garage ouvert où se parquent des centaines d’automobiles.

Synonyms

centcenturie

This word in other languages

hundred(English)centenar(Español)Hundert(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccentaine
  • cenatine
  • cenntaine
  • centaien
  • centainne
  • centanie
  • centiane
  • centtaine
  • cetnaine
  • cnetaine
  • ecntaine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of centaine - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ccentaine1cenatine2cenntaine1centaien2centainne1centanie2centiane2centtaine1
Edit distance from "centaine"

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 "centaine"?
"centaine" is spelled C-E-N-T-A-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sɑ̃.tɛn\.
What does "centaine" mean?
As a noun, "centaine" means: Un nombre de cent ou environ.
What words are commonly confused with "centaine"?
"centaine" is commonly confused with "certain", "centime", "certains". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "centaine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "centaine" is \sɑ̃.tɛn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "centaine" come from?
"centaine" 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 "centaine", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

esclaves#4,753fabrique#4,755familial#4,756rivières#4,707

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

décrire11 variantsprévoir11 variantslocation11 variantsprévenu11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list