In France, the word "centime" is far more common than "cent" and is recommended by the Académie française. "Centime" used to be a hundredth of the French franc which is now called "centime de franc". The word "cent" (plural "cents", both pronounced to avoid the confusion with "cent" (100) pronounced ) is the official term to be used in the French-language version of community legislation. Before its use in relation to the euro, the word "cent" (pronounced as in English, ) was best known to European Francophones as a hundredth of a dollar (U.S., Canadian, etc.)