cca

[t͡sɛː.t͡sɛ.aː]

/[t͡sɛː.t͡sɛ.aː]/ abbrev

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The verdict

“cca” is uncommon German (frequency #86,323 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,323
frequency rank, German
1,273
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - cca, circa

Corpus desk

Index DE-cca · cca · German

cca · rank #86,323 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,323
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,273
  • PHOTO-FINISH Charakteristi…

Nearest frequency peer: Charakteristiken (+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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „cca“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „cca“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cca
PropertyValue
Headwordcca
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAbbreviation
IPA[t͡sɛː.t͡sɛ.aː]
Letters3
Frequency rank#86,323
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „cca“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).ccafällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Charakteristiken“ (#86,324), „Checkpoints“ (#86,325), „Choreographien“ (#86,326). Unter 1,273 „C“-Lemmata liegt „cca“ bei #86,323. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cca is uncommon German at frequency #86,323 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as anabbreviation, transcribed [t͡sɛː.t͡sɛ.aː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "cca, circa".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cca, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is cca, spelled C-C-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    cca, circa

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how cca appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Prodám kamenné koryto, délka cca 180 cm.

This word in other languages

ca.(English)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cca"?
"cca" is spelled C-C-A. The IPA pronunciation is [t͡sɛː.t͡sɛ.aː].
What does "cca" mean?
As an abbreviation, "cca" means: cca, circa
How do you pronounce "cca"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cca" is [t͡sɛː.t͡sɛ.aː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cca" come from?
"cca" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bou#86,297DOD#86,370feg#86,461HRR#86,617

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list