Which to use
“centrée” and “centrées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,829
- “centrée” frequency rank
- #35,420
- “centrées” frequency rank
- 51249
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | centrée | centrées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de centré. | Féminin pluriel de centré. |
Same sound, different letters: centrée vs centrées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - centrée and centrées
This is the hard kind. centrée and centrées are pronounced identically (\sɑ̃.tʁe\) 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) - “centrée” sits inside “centrées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51249, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
centrée is recorded at frequency rank #15,829, classified as anadj, pronounced \sɑ̃.tʁe\. 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 51249, this pair ranks #156,467 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of centrée vs centrées
Shared letters: cenrté. Private to "centrée": -. Private to "centrées": s.
"centrée" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVV · "centrées" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "centrée" for "centrées" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "centrée" or "centrées" show up more?
Useful next steps
"centrée" and "centrées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "centrée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "centrées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #156,467 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "centrée" and "centrées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "centers vs centrées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #156,467 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.