centrafricains
\sɑ̃.tʁa.fʁi.kɛ̃\
The verdict
“centrafricains” is uncommon French (frequency #63,608 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,608
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de centrafricain.
Corpus desk
Index FR-centrafricains · centrafricains · French
centrafricains · rank #63,608 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,608
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH cellophane
Nearest frequency peer: cellophane (-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 « centrafricains »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Cassou
Cassou
36,397 corpus weight
- Cavanna
Cavanna
36,396 corpus weight
- Ceccaldi
Ceccaldi
36,395 corpus weight
- cellophane
cellophane
36,394 corpus weight
- centrafrica…
centrafricains
36,393 corpus weight
- chalcédoine
chalcédoine
36,391 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « centrafricains » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | centrafricains |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \sɑ̃.tʁa.fʁi.kɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #63,608 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « centrafricains » en français
Rare enough to double-check
centrafricains is uncommon French at frequency #63,608 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \sɑ̃.tʁa.fʁi.kɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de centrafricain.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for centrafricains, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is centrafricains, spelled C-E-N-T-R-A-F-R-I-C-A-I-N-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de centrafricain.
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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