centaure

\sɑ̃.tɔʁ\

/\sɑ̃.tɔʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“centaure” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,664. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,664
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Être fabuleux de la mythologie grecque, moitié homme et moitié cheval, plus précisément cheval dont la tête est remplacée par un buste d’homme.

Corpus desk

Index FR-centaure · centaure · French

centaure · rank #40,664 · 11 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #40,664
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH CBD

Nearest frequency peer: CBD (-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 « centaure »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « centaure » 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).

centaure vs centre
75% similar
centaure vs century
75% similar
centaure vs censure
75% similar

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

Key facts for centaure
PropertyValue
Headwordcentaure
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sɑ̃.tɔʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#40,664
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « centaure »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).centaurese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « CBD » (#40,663), « cautionnement » (#40,662), « chatouiller » (#40,666). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « centaure » est au #40,664. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around centaure (IPA \sɑ̃.tɔʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,664 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for centaure, with forms such as "ccentaure", "cenature", and "cenntaure". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "centre", "century", "censure", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 centaure, spelled C-E-N-T-A-U-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Être fabuleux de la mythologie grecque, moitié homme et moitié cheval, plus précisément cheval dont la tête est remplacée par un buste d’homme.
  2. 2
    Cavalier thessalien qui chassait les taureaux sauvages.
  3. 3
    Cavalier habile et infatigable.
  4. 4
    Petit corps glacé qui gravite autour du Soleil entre Jupiter et Neptune.
  5. 5
    Meuble représentant l’être mythologique du même nom dans les armoiries. Il est généralement représenté passant. Il peut être armé d'une massue, une épée ou d’un arc (dans ce cas, il est préférentiellement appelé centaure-sagittaire).
  6. 6
    Coléoptère africain de la famille des Dynastinae, de grande taille avec deux cornes.
  7. 7
    Entreprise ayant atteint 100 millions de dollars de chiffre d'affaire annuel.
  8. 8
    Être humain assisté par une machine.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le centaure Chiron prit soin de l’éducation d’Achille.
  2. La tunique du centaure Nessus.

Synonyms

hippocentaure

Antonyms

centaure inverséhippocéphal

This word in other languages

centaur(English)centauro(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccentaure
  • cenature
  • cenntaure
  • centarue
  • centauer
  • centaurre
  • centtaure
  • centuare
  • cetnaure
  • cnetaure
  • ecntaure

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccentaure1cenature2cenntaure1centarue2centauer2centaurre1centtaure1centuare2
Edit distance from "centaure"

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 "centaure"?
"centaure" is spelled C-E-N-T-A-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sɑ̃.tɔʁ\.
What does "centaure" mean?
As a noun, "centaure" means: Être fabuleux de la mythologie grecque, moitié homme et moitié cheval, plus précisément cheval dont la tête est remplacée par un buste d’homme.
What words are commonly confused with "centaure"?
"centaure" is commonly confused with "centre", "century", "censure". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "centaure"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "centaure" is \sɑ̃.tɔʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "centaure" come from?
"centaure" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

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

Claudette11 variantsburning11 variantscroûtes11 variantscyclope11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list