centúria

/sẽ.ˈtu.ɾjɐ/

//sẽ.ˈtu.ɾjɐ// noun

The verdict

“centúria” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #98,540 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#98,540
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - centenário, século

Corpus desk

Index PT-centuria · centúria · Portuguese

centúria · rank #98,540 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #98,540
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH cardinalício

Nearest frequency peer: cardinalício (-14 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “centúria”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “centúria” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for centúria
PropertyValue
Headwordcentúria
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/sẽ.ˈtu.ɾjɐ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#98,540
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “centúria” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.centúriacai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “cardinalício” (#98,526), “coercitivo” (#98,566), “bouça” (#98,497). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “centúria” fica em #98,540. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

centúria is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #98,540 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /sẽ.ˈtu.ɾjɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for centúria in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is centúria, spelled C-E-N-T-Ú-R-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    centenário, século
  2. 2
    conjunto de cem objetos da mesma espécie
  3. 3
    narração histórica dividida em períodos seculares
  4. 4
    unidade da legião romana, com cem legionários e comandada por um centurião

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "centúria"?
"centúria" is spelled C-E-N-T-Ú-R-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is /sẽ.ˈtu.ɾjɐ/.
What does "centúria" mean?
As a noun, "centúria" means: centenário, século
How do you pronounce "centúria"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "centúria" is /sẽ.ˈtu.ɾjɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "centúria", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list