centration
\sɑ̃.tʁa.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“centration” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Centrage.
Corpus desk
Index FR-centration · centration · French
centration · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | centration |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sɑ̃.tʁa.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « centration » en français
Rare enough to double-check
centration is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sɑ̃.tʁa.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for centration in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 centration, spelled C-E-N-T-R-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Centrage.
- 2Position centrale.
- 3Exagération d'une perception.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how centration appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’importance du maintien d’une centration parfaite se fait sentir surtout lorsque quelque accident cause le moindre décentrage.
Le darwinisme, on le sait, est affiché par Freud comme un moment capital de la pensée humaine, comme une des trois grandes révolutions détrônant l'homme de son anthropocentrisme, entre la révolution copernicienne qui détrône la terre de sa place centrale et la révolution freudienne qui détrône même l'âme humaine de sa centration puisqu'elle se trouve exce…
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.