centrafricaine

Name: centrafricaine, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\sɑ̃.tʁa.fʁi.kɛn\

/\sɑ̃.tʁa.fʁi.kɛn\/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“centrafricaine” has 21 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,385. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,385
frequency rank, French: 8,609
“C” headwords: 21
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de centrafricain.

Corpus desk

Index FR-centrafricaine · centrafricaine · French

centrafricaine · rank #20,385 · 21 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-MID #20,385
LEN-MEGA 14 letters
VOW-6 6 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-HIGH 21 variants
BOOK-DENSE 8,609
PHOTO-FINISH censées

Nearest frequency peer: censées (-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.

Carrie

79,619
censées

79,617
centrafrica…

79,616
centristes

79,615
cervelle

79,614
chanvre

79,613

What this shows « centrafricaine » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

centrafricaine vs centrafricain

93% similar

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

Key facts for centrafricaine
Property	Value
Headword	centrafricaine
Language	French
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	\sɑ̃.tʁa.fʁi.kɛn\
Letters	14
Frequency rank	#20,385
Misspellings tracked	21
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « centrafricaine »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.centrafricainese place ici:

#20,385

#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 « censées » (#20,384), « centristes » (#20,386), « cervelle » (#20,387). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « centrafricaine » est au #20,385. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 21 spelling variants around centrafricaine (IPA \sɑ̃.tʁa.fʁi.kɛn\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #20,385 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin singulier de centrafricain.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 21 likely wrong-spelling variants for centrafricaine, with forms such as "ccentrafricaine", "cenntrafricaine", and "cenrtafricaine". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "centrafricain", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is centrafricaine, spelled C-E-N-T-R-A-F-R-I-C-A-I-N-E.

Definition

1
Féminin singulier de centrafricain.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ccentrafricaine
cenntrafricaine
cenrtafricaine
centarfricaine
centraffricaine
centrafircaine
centrafrciaine
centrafriacine
centrafricaien
centrafricainne
centrafricanie
centrafriccaine
centrafriciane
centrafrricaine
centrarficaine
centrfaricaine
centrrafricaine
centtrafricaine
cetnrafricaine
cnetrafricaine
ecntrafricaine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of centrafricaine - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "centrafricaine"

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 "centrafricaine"?

"centrafricaine" is spelled C-E-N-T-R-A-F-R-I-C-A-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sɑ̃.tʁa.fʁi.kɛn\.

What does "centrafricaine" mean?

As an adjective, "centrafricaine" means: Féminin singulier de centrafricain.

What words are commonly confused with "centrafricaine"?

"centrafricaine" is commonly confused with "centrafricain". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "centrafricaine"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "centrafricaine" is \sɑ̃.tʁa.fʁi.kɛn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "centrafricaine" come from?

"centrafricaine" 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 "centrafricaine", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

conventionnels#20,407 expérimentales#20,442 symboliquement#20,290 rigoureusement#20,551

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (21 here; floor ≥5).

conventionnelles21 variants émotionnellement21 variants référencement21 variants momentanément21 variants