centrage
\sɑ̃.tʁaʒ\
The verdict
“centrage” is uncommon French (frequency #78,244 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,244
- frequency rank, French
- 257,141
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action de centrer.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | centrage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sɑ̃.tʁaʒ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #78,244 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “centrage” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
centrage is uncommon French at frequency #78,244 among 257,141 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \sɑ̃.tʁaʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for centrage, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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 its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is centrage, spelled C-E-N-T-R-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Action de centrer.
- 2Action de centrer.
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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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Using “centrage”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-E-N-T-R-A-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.