centimètre

\sɑ̃.ti.mɛtʁ\

/\sɑ̃.ti.mɛtʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“centimètre” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,199. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,199
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Unité de mesure de longueur du Système international (SI), valant 10⁻² mètre, et dont le symbole est cm.

Corpus desk

Index FR-centimetre · centimètre · French

centimètre · rank #22,199 · 16 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #22,199
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH CEDH

Nearest frequency peer: CEDH (-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 « centimètre »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « centimètre » 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).

centimètre vs centimètres
91% similar

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

Key facts for centimètre
PropertyValue
Headwordcentimètre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sɑ̃.ti.mɛtʁ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#22,199
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « centimètre »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).centimètrese 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 « CEDH » (#22,198), « chaleureusement » (#22,200), « chaudières » (#22,201). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « centimètre » est au #22,199. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around centimètre (IPA \sɑ̃.ti.mɛtʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,199 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for centimètre, with forms such as "ccentimètre", "cenitmètre", and "cenntimètre". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "centimètres", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is centimètre, spelled C-E-N-T-I-M-È-T-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Unité de mesure de longueur du Système international (SI), valant 10⁻² mètre, et dont le symbole est cm.
  2. 2
    Ruban divisé en centimètres et servant à prendre des mesures.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le pain d’autel dont se sert l'église de Vrigne-aux-Bois a huit centimètres de diamètre. Il est épais, friable et spongieux.
  2. […] le choc fut violent ; le navire se déjaugea d’une dizaine de centimètres par l’avant […].

This word in other languages

centimetre(English)centímetro(Español)Zentimeter(Deutsch)centímetro(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccentimètre
  • cenitmètre
  • cenntimètre
  • centimetre
  • centimmètre
  • centimtère
  • centimèrte
  • centimèter
  • centimètrre
  • centimèttre
  • centièmtre
  • centmiètre
  • centtimètre
  • cetnimètre
  • cnetimètre
  • ecntimètre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccentimètre1cenitmètre2cenntimètre1centimetre1centimmètre1centimtère2centimèrte2centimèter2
Edit distance from "centimètre"

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 "centimètre"?
"centimètre" is spelled C-E-N-T-I-M-È-T-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sɑ̃.ti.mɛtʁ\.
What does "centimètre" mean?
As a noun, "centimètre" means: Unité de mesure de longueur du Système international (SI), valant 10⁻² mètre, et dont le symbole est cm.
What words are commonly confused with "centimètre"?
"centimètre" is commonly confused with "centimètres". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "centimètre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "centimètre" is \sɑ̃.ti.mɛtʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "centimètre" come from?
"centimètre" 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 "centimètre", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

chaudières#22,201capillaire#22,194Cincinnati#22,207cacahuètes#22,190

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

camerounaise16 variantsconstatées16 variantsDailymotion16 variantsdisparités16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list