centenário
/sẽ.tɨ.ˈna.ɾju/
The verdict
“centenário” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #10,852 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #10,852
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 10
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - que tem cem anos
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | centenário |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /sẽ.tɨ.ˈna.ɾju/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #10,852 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “centenário” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for centenário is 10 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /sẽ.tɨ.ˈna.ɾju/. Corpus data places it at rank #10,852 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "que tem cem anos".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for centenário, with forms such as "ccentenário", "cenetnário", and "cenntenário". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is centenário, spelled C-E-N-T-E-N-Á-R-I-O.
Definition
- 1que tem cem anos
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccentenário,cenetnário,cenntenário,centennário,centenráio,centenáiro,centenároi,centenárrio,centeánrio,centneário,centtenário,cetnenário,cnetenário,ecntenário
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of centenário - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “centenário”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-E-N-T-E-N-Á-R-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /sẽ.tɨ.ˈna.ɾju/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.