centaurée
\sɑ̃.to.ʁe\
The verdict
“centaurée” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Genre de plantes herbacées assez proches des chardons et des cirses, mais aux feuilles non épineuses et aux fleurs en capitules toutes tubulées, celles de la périphérie (souvent stériles) s'ouvrant...
Corpus desk
Index FR-centauree · centaurée · French
centaurée · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | centaurée |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sɑ̃.to.ʁe\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
centaurée is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sɑ̃.to.ʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Genre de plantes herbacées assez proches des chardons et des cirses, mais aux feuilles non épineuses et aux fleurs en capitules toutes tubulées, celles de la périphérie (souvent stériles) s'ouvrant...".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for centaurée, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is centaurée, spelled C-E-N-T-A-U-R-É-E.
Definition
- 1Genre de plantes herbacées assez proches des chardons et des cirses, mais aux feuilles non épineuses et aux fleurs en capitules toutes tubulées, celles de la périphérie (souvent stériles) s'ouvrant largement en cinq lobes comme chez le bleuet.→ voir Centaurea
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how centaurée appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Grande centaurée.
Une infusion de petite centaurée.
Synonyms
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.