Which to use
“centième” and “centièmes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,797
- “centième” frequency rank
- #30,512
- “centièmes” frequency rank
- 54309
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | centième | centièmes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui a rapport à cent pour l’ordre, le rang. | Pluriel de centième. |
Same sound, different letters: centième vs centièmes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. centième runs 8 letters (CVCCVVCV) against centièmes's 9 (CVCCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: centième vs centièmes
This is the hard kind. centième and centièmes are pronounced identically (\sɑ̃.tjɛm\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “centième” sits inside “centièmes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54309, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
centième is recorded at frequency rank #23,797, classified as anadj, pronounced \sɑ̃.tjɛm\. centièmes is at rank #30,512, tagged as anadj, pronounced \sɑ̃.tjɛm\.
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 54309, this pair ranks #134,892 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of centième vs centièmes
Shared letters: ceimntè. Private to "centième": -. Private to "centièmes": s.
"centième" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV · "centièmes" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "centième" and "centièmes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "centième" or "centièmes"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "centième" / "centièmes". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "centième" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "centièmes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #134,892 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "centième" and "centièmes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "centièmes vs centrées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #134,892 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.