centro

//ˈsẽ.tɾu// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#308

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

centro is aPortuguesenoun. It means: local com maior movimento numa cidade, onde alguma ação se exerce com mais intensidade Pronounced /ˈsẽ.tɾu/. It ranks #308 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with certo and conto.

Key facts for centro
PropertyValue
Headwordcentro
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈsẽ.tɾu/
Letters6
Frequency rank#308
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of centro in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for centro is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈsẽ.tɾu/. Corpus data places it at rank #308 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for centro, with forms such as "ccentro", "cenntro", and "cenrto". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "certo", "conto", "cinto", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is centro, spelled C-E-N-T-R-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    local com maior movimento numa cidade, onde alguma ação se exerce com mais intensidade
  2. 2
    ponto que se encontra à mesma distância de todos os pontos da circunferência ou da superfície da esfera

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccentro,cenntro,cenrto,centor,centrro,centtro,cetnro,cnetro,ecntro

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for centro

Misspelling Variants of "centro"

ccentro7cenntro7cenrto6centor6centrro7centtro7cetnro6cnetro6
Misspelling Variants of "centro"

Frequency rank: #308 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "centro"?
"centro" is spelled C-E-N-T-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈsẽ.tɾu/.
What does "centro" mean?
As a noun, "centro" means: local com maior movimento numa cidade, onde alguma ação se exerce com mais intensidade
What words are commonly confused with "centro"?
"centro" is commonly confused with "certo", "conto", "cinto". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "centro"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "centro" is /ˈsẽ.tɾu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "centro" come from?
"centro" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter C in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.