Which to use
“centrées” and “centrés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,420
- “centrées” frequency rank
- #32,730
- “centrés” frequency rank
- 68150
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | centrées | centrés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de centré. | Masculin pluriel de centré. |
Same sound, different letters: centrées vs centrés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. centrées runs 8 letters (CVCCCVVC) against centrés's 7 (CVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - centrées and centrés
This is the hard kind. centrées 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68150, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
centrées is recorded at frequency rank #35,420, 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 68150, this pair ranks #60,339 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of centrées vs centrés
Shared letters: cenrsté. Private to "centrées": -. Private to "centrés": -.
"centrées" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVVC · "centrés" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "centrées" and "centrés" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "centrées" or "centrés"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "centrées" / "centrés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "centrées" 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 #60,339 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "centrées" and "centrés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "centers vs centrées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #60,339 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.