Which to use
“centrée” and “centrés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,829
- “centrée” frequency rank
- #32,730
- “centrés” frequency rank
- 48559
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | centrée | centrés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de centré. | Masculin pluriel de centré. |
Same sound, different letters: centrée vs centrés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - centrée and centrés
This is the hard kind. centrée and centrés 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 a single letter - e in “centrée” becomes s in “centrés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48559, 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\. centrés is at rank #32,730, 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 48559, this pair ranks #177,974 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of centrée vs centrés
Shared letters: cenrté. Private to "centrée": -. Private to "centrés": s.
"centrée" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVV · "centrés" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "centrée" and "centrés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "centrée" or "centrés" show up more?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "centrée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "centrés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #177,974 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "centrée" and "centrés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "centrés vs congres". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #177,974 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.