Which to use
“cent” is an adjective and “CGT” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,854
- “cent” frequency rank
- #6,687
- “CGT” frequency rank
- 8541
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cent | CGT |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Quatre-vingt-dix-neuf plus un, soit dix fois dix, correspondant au nombre 100. | Centrale syndicale française créée en 1895. |
Where the eye mixes cent and CGT
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: cent vs CGT
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cent is \sɑ̃\ while CGT is \se.ʒe.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8541, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cent is recorded at frequency rank #1,854, classified as anadj, pronounced \sɑ̃\. CGT is at rank #6,687, tagged as aname, pronounced \se.ʒe.te\.
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 8541, this pair ranks #419,689 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of cent vs CGT
Shared letters: ct. Private to "cent": en. Private to "CGT": g.
"cent" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "CGT" · 3 letters · shape CCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- cent ← ccent · cennt · centt · cetn · cnet · ecnt
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cent" and "CGT" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "cent" or "CGT" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "cent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "CGT" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #419,689 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cent" and "CGT" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "CCE vs CGT". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #419,689 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.