Centrafrique

\sɑ̃.tʁa.fʁik\

/\sɑ̃.tʁa.fʁik\/ name

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The verdict

“Centrafrique” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,080. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,080
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
18
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom court de la République centrafricaine (pays africain).

Corpus desk

Index FR-centrafrique · Centrafrique · French

Centrafrique · rank #20,080 · 18 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,080
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cavale

Nearest frequency peer: cavale (-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 « Centrafrique »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Centrafrique » 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
Key facts for Centrafrique
PropertyValue
HeadwordCentrafrique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\sɑ̃.tʁa.fʁik\
Letters12
Frequency rank#20,080
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Centrafrique »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Centrafriquese 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 « cavale » (#20,079), « chameau » (#20,081), « causa » (#20,078). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « Centrafrique » est au #20,080. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around Centrafrique (IPA \sɑ̃.tʁa.fʁik\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #20,080 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom court de la République centrafricaine (pays africain).".

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for Centrafrique, with forms such as "ccentrafrique", "cenntrafrique", and "cenrtafrique". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Centrafrique, spelled C-E-N-T-R-A-F-R-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom court de la République centrafricaine (pays africain).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pour certains pays (comme la Centrafrique, le Tchad, le Soudan et l’Angola), il existe relativement peu d’informations dans la littérature.
  2. Par ailleurs, il est possible pour le Centrafrique d’apporter des éléments de réponse à la question de savoir si les élèves qui redoublent sont ou non les élèves les plus en difficulté. — (Le système éducatif centrafricain, Document de travail de la Banque mondiale, nº144, 2008)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccentrafrique
  • cenntrafrique
  • cenrtafrique
  • centarfrique
  • centraffrique
  • centrafirque
  • centrafriqeu
  • centrafriqque
  • centrafriuqe
  • centrafrqiue
  • centrafrrique
  • centrarfique
  • centrfarique
  • centrrafrique
  • centtrafrique
  • cetnrafrique
  • cnetrafrique
  • ecntrafrique

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Centrafrique - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ccentrafrique1cenntrafrique1cenrtafrique2centarfrique2centraffrique1centrafirque2centrafriqeu2centrafriqque1
Edit distance from "Centrafrique"

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 "Centrafrique"?
"Centrafrique" is spelled C-E-N-T-R-A-F-R-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sɑ̃.tʁa.fʁik\.
What does "Centrafrique" mean?
As a proper noun, "Centrafrique" means: Nom court de la République centrafricaine (pays africain).
What are common misspellings of "Centrafrique"?
Common misspellings include "ccentrafrique", "cenntrafrique", "cenrtafrique", "centarfrique", "centraffrique". The correct spelling is "Centrafrique".
How do you pronounce "Centrafrique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Centrafrique" is \sɑ̃.tʁa.fʁik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Centrafrique" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list