centième

\sɑ̃.tjɛm\

/\sɑ̃.tjɛm\/ adj

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The verdict

“centième” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,797. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,797
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a rapport à cent pour l’ordre, le rang.

Corpus desk

Index FR-centieme · centième · French

centième · rank #23,797 · 12 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,797
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH celtes

Nearest frequency peer: celtes (-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 « centième »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « centième » 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).

centième vs centrée
63% similar
centième vs centime
88% similar
centième vs centimes
75% similar

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

Key facts for centième
PropertyValue
Headwordcentième
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\sɑ̃.tjɛm\
Letters8
Frequency rank#23,797
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « centième »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).centièmese 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 « celtes » (#23,796), « child » (#23,798), « CDU » (#23,795). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « centième » est au #23,797. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around centième (IPA \sɑ̃.tjɛm\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #23,797 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for centième, with forms such as "ccentième", "cenitème", and "cenntième". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "centrée", "centime", "centimes", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 centième, spelled C-E-N-T-I-È-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a rapport à cent pour l’ordre, le rang.
  2. 2
    Qui concerne la fraction centième.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La centième, la deux centième année.
  2. Vous êtes le centième, le deux centième sur la liste.

This word in other languages

hundredth(English)centésimo(Español)hundertste(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccentième
  • cenitème
  • cenntième
  • centieme
  • centimèe
  • centièem
  • centièmme
  • centtième
  • centèime
  • cetnième
  • cnetième
  • ecntième

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccentième1cenitème2cenntième1centieme1centimèe2centièem2centièmme1centtième1
Edit distance from "centième"

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 "centième"?
"centième" is spelled C-E-N-T-I-È-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sɑ̃.tjɛm\.
What does "centième" mean?
As an adjective, "centième" means: Qui a rapport à cent pour l’ordre, le rang.
What words are commonly confused with "centième"?
"centième" is commonly confused with "centrée", "centime", "centimes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "centième"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "centième" is \sɑ̃.tjɛm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "centième" come from?
"centième" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

cadastre#23,791branchés#23,787Borussia#23,784constats#23,810

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

corrompre12 variantsbergeron12 variantsbataclan12 variantsdemeurait12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list