CC
[t͡seːˈt͡seː]
The verdict
“CC” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #9,521) as an abbreviation. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #9,521
- frequency rank, German
- 1,273
- “C” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Code civil, französisches Gesetzbuch zum Zivilrecht
Corpus desk
Index DE-cc · CC · German
CC · rank #9,521 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,521
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,273
- PHOTO-FINISH Bundespräside…
Nearest frequency peer: Bundespräsident (-1 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.
Häufigkeitsnachbarn des Verwechslers „CC“
Peers mit ähnlichem Corpus-Gewicht, getrennt von den Verwechslungspaaren unten
- blättern
blättern
90,483 corpus weight
- Boom
Boom
90,482 corpus weight
- Bundespräsi…
Bundespräsident
90,481 corpus weight
- CC
CC
90,480 corpus weight
- deep
deep
90,479 corpus weight
- denjenigen
denjenigen
90,478 corpus weight
What this shows Balken platzieren „CC“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.
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 | CC |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| IPA | [t͡seːˈt͡seː] |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #9,521 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „CC“
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for CC is neighbouring look-alikes ("cm", "CD", …), not just typos; it is anabbreviation pronounced [t͡seːˈt͡seː]. Frequency #9,521 among 1,273 “C” headwords. Gloss: "Code civil, französisches Gesetzbuch zum Zivilrecht".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for CC, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cm", "CD", "Ch", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is CC, spelled C-C.
Definition
- 1Code civil, französisches Gesetzbuch zum Zivilrecht
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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.