centro
/ˈsẽ.tɾu/
The verdict
“centro” is in the everyday core of Portuguese, ranked #308 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #308
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - local com maior movimento numa cidade, onde alguma ação se exerce com mais intensidade
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | centro |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsẽ.tɾu/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #308 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “centro” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for centro is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, 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 generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for centro, with forms such as "ccentro", "cenntro", and "cenrto". 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 also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "certo", "conto", "cinto", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is centro, spelled C-E-N-T-R-O.
Definition
- 1local com maior movimento numa cidade, onde alguma ação se exerce com mais intensidade
- 2ponto que se encontra à mesma distância de todos os pontos da circunferência ou da superfície da esfera
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccentro,cenntro,cenrto,centor,centrro,centtro,cetnro,cnetro,ecntro
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of centro - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “centro”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-E-N-T-R-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈsẽ.tɾu/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “certo” - see the side-by-side comparison. centro vs certo
- 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.