centro
\ˈθen̩tro\
The verdict
“centro” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,699. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #41,699
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Centre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-centro · centro · French
centro · rank #41,699 · 9 variants · 16 confusables
- FREQ-MID #41,699
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH cavalli
Nearest frequency peer: cavalli (-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 « centro »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- caunes
caunes
58,305 corpus weight
- causera
causera
58,304 corpus weight
- cavalli
cavalli
58,303 corpus weight
- centro
centro
58,302 corpus weight
- chantais
chantais
58,301 corpus weight
- chantons
chantons
58,300 corpus weight
What this shows « centro » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | centro |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈθen̩tro\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #41,699 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « centro »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around centro (IPA \ˈθen̩tro\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,699 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Centre.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for centro, with forms such as "ccentro", "cenntro", and "cenrto". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "cents", "contre", "cintre", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is centro, spelled C-E-N-T-R-O.
Definition
- 1Centre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how centro appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En el comedor del hotel hay una familia muy interesante. El padre es un hombre alto, delgado, vestido de negro, con cuello duro. Tiene la cabeza calva en el centro y dos tufos de pelo gris a derecha e izquierda.
Mis padres llegaron de Parral, donde yo nací. Allí, en el centro de Chile, crecen las viñas y abunda el vino. (...) La vida era dura para los pequeños agricultores del centro del país.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccentro
- cenntro
- cenrto
- centor
- centrro
- centtro
- cetnro
- cnetro
- ecntro
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of centro - 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.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).