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How to spell centimeters

Centimeters is spelled C-E-N-T-I-M-E-T-E-R-S.

hear itcen·ti·me·ters/'sɛntə,mitərz/nounHidden vowels

What it means: More than one metric unit of length equal to ten millimeters.

In a sentence: The green caterpillar measured five centimeters along the wooden ruler.

The part people get wrong

Starts with a soft c that sounds like s.

Also spelled: centimetres (accepted as correct).

Same family: centimeter. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

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