Which to use
“centaine” and “centaines” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,734
- “centaine” frequency rank
- #2,262
- “centaines” frequency rank
- 6996
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | centaine | centaines |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Un nombre de cent ou environ. | Pluriel de centaine (au sens numérique). |
Same sound, different letters: centaine vs centaines
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. centaine runs 8 letters (CVCCVVCV) against centaines's 9 (CVCCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - centaine / centaines
This is the hard kind. centaine and centaines are pronounced identically (\sɑ̃.tɛn\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “centaine” sits inside “centaines”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6996, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
centaine is recorded at frequency rank #4,734, classified as anoun, pronounced \sɑ̃.tɛn\. centaines is at rank #2,262, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sɑ̃.tɛn\.
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 6996, this pair ranks #424,577 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of centaine vs centaines
Shared letters: aceint. Private to "centaine": -. Private to "centaines": s.
"centaine" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV · "centaines" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "centaine" vs "centaines" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "centaine" / "centaines". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "centaine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "centaines" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #424,577 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "centaine" and "centaines" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "centaine vs contamine". 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 #424,577 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.