centauri
\t͡ʃen.'taw.ri\
The verdict
“centauri” is uncommon French (frequency #65,012 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,012
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de centauro.
Corpus desk
Index FR-centauri · centauri · French
centauri · rank #65,012 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,012
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH CCM
Nearest frequency peer: CCM (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « centauri »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- caséine
caséine
34,992 corpus weight
- Cauvin
Cauvin
34,991 corpus weight
- CCM
CCM
34,990 corpus weight
- centauri
centauri
34,989 corpus weight
- CGR
CGR
34,988 corpus weight
- chaoui
chaoui
34,986 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « centauri » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | centauri |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \t͡ʃen.'taw.ri\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #65,012 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « centauri » en français
Rare enough to double-check
centauri is uncommon French at frequency #65,012 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \t͡ʃen.'taw.ri\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de centauro.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for centauri, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is centauri, spelled C-E-N-T-A-U-R-I.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de centauro.
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.
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