centre-ville
\sɑ̃.tʁə.vil\
The verdict
“centre-ville” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Centre d’une ville.
Corpus desk
Index FR-centre-ville · centre-ville · French
centre-ville · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | centre-ville |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sɑ̃.tʁə.vil\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « centre-ville » en français
Rare enough to double-check
centre-ville is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sɑ̃.tʁə.vil\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Centre d’une ville.".
No misspelling variants are generated for centre-ville in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is centre-ville, spelled C-E-N-T-R-E---V-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Centre d’une ville.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how centre-ville appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La commune de NIVOLAS-VERMELLE a été saisie de la demande de délocalisation d’une entreprise nivolésienne du fait de l’impossibilité d’agrandir l’usine actuelle située en centre-ville.
Dans le centre-ville, elle est heureuse comme un poisson dans l'eau. Elle a son petit atelier, un beau salon, une chambre et une minuscule cuisine qui lui suffit pour elle toute seule. En plus,elle est à deux pas du théâtre et de tous les cinémas.
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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.