centaines

\sɑ̃.tɛn\

/\sɑ̃.tɛn\/ noun

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The verdict

“centaines” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,262. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,262
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de centaine (au sens numérique).

Corpus desk

Index FR-centaines · centaines · French

centaines · rank #2,262 · 13 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,262
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH Canadien

Nearest frequency peer: Canadien (-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 « centaines »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « centaines » 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).

centaines vs certains
78% similar
centaines vs certaine
78% similar
centaines vs centimes
78% similar

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

Key facts for centaines
PropertyValue
Headwordcentaines
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sɑ̃.tɛn\
Letters9
Frequency rank#2,262
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « centaines »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.centainesse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Canadien » (#2,261), « champs » (#2,263), « blog » (#2,260). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « centaines » est au #2,262. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around centaines (IPA \sɑ̃.tɛn\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,262 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de centaine (au sens numérique).".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for centaines, with forms such as "ccentaines", "cenatines", and "cenntaines". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "certains", "certaine", "centimes", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is centaines, spelled C-E-N-T-A-I-N-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de centaine (au sens numérique).

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. La production hagiographique de la période moderne offre un florilège de textes longs (plusieurs centaines de pages) ou courts (de deux à quelques dizaines de folios), en prose ou en vers, portant sur des saints espagnols ou italiens.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccentaines
  • cenatines
  • cenntaines
  • centaiens
  • centainess
  • centainnes
  • centainse
  • centanies
  • centianes
  • centtaines
  • cetnaines
  • cnetaines
  • ecntaines

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccentaines1cenatines2cenntaines1centaiens2centainess1centainnes1centainse2centanies2
Edit distance from "centaines"

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

considère#2,268travaillé#2,253respecter#2,246remplacer#2,245

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

nucléaire13 variantsmaintenir13 variantsinitiative13 variantsindividus13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list