CCC

/[…]/ abbrev

Letters

3 characters

Frequency Rank

#24,668

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

CCC is anGermanabbrev. It means: Codex Carolina Criminalis — ein zur Zeit Karl des Großen entstandenes Strafgesetzbuch Pronounced […]. Often confused with cm and CD.

Key facts for CCC
PropertyValue
HeadwordCCC
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAbbrev
IPA[…]
Letters3
Frequency rank#24,668
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of CCC in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for CCC is 3 letters long, classified as anabbrev, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as […]. Corpus data places it at rank #24,668 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for CCC in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cm", "CD", "Ch", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is CCC, spelled C-C-C, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Codex Carolina Criminalis — ein zur Zeit Karl des Großen entstandenes Strafgesetzbuch
  2. 2
    Chaos Computer Club — ein deutscher Verein, der sich mit Computersicherheit beschäftigt
  3. 3
    Chaos Computer Club — ein deutscher Verein, der sich mit Computersicherheit beschäftigt
  4. 4
    Chaos Computer Club — ein deutscher Verein, der sich mit Computersicherheit beschäftigt
  5. 5
    Chlorcholinchlorid — ein Wachstumsregulator im Getreidebau

Frequency rank: #24,668 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "CCC"?
"CCC" is spelled C-C-C. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "CCC" mean?
As an abbrev, "CCC" means: Codex Carolina Criminalis — ein zur Zeit Karl des Großen entstandenes Strafgesetzbuch
What words are commonly confused with "CCC"?
"CCC" is commonly confused with "cm", "CD", "Ch". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "CCC"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "CCC" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "CCC" come from?
"CCC" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter C in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.