Which to use
“censées” and “centrées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,384
- “censées” frequency rank
- #35,420
- “centrées” frequency rank
- 55804
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | censées | centrées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de censé. | Féminin pluriel de centré. |
Where the eye mixes censées and centrées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. censées (\sɑ̃.se\) and centrées (\sɑ̃.tʁe\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55804, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
censées is recorded at frequency rank #20,384, classified as anadj, pronounced \sɑ̃.se\. centrées is at rank #35,420, tagged as anadj, pronounced \sɑ̃.tʁe\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 55804, this pair ranks #125,127 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of censées vs centrées
Shared letters: censé. Private to "censées": -. Private to "centrées": rt.
"censées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "centrées" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVVC