CCTV

abbrev

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The verdict

“CCTV” is uncommon German (frequency #72,267 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,267
frequency rank, German
1,273
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abkürzung für China Central Television – kein Plural

Corpus desk

Index DE-cctv · CCTV · German

CCTV · rank #72,267 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,267
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-0 0 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,273
  • PHOTO-FINISH category

Nearest frequency peer: category (-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 „CCTV“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for CCTV
PropertyValue
HeadwordCCTV
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAbbreviation
Letters4
Frequency rank#72,267
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „CCTV“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).CCTVfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „category“ (#72,266), „ceylan“ (#72,268), „Charmeur“ (#72,269). Unter 1,273 „C“-Lemmata liegt „CCTV“ bei #72,267. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

CCTV is uncommon German at frequency #72,267 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as anabbreviation. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for CCTV, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is CCTV, spelled C-C-T-V.

Definition

  1. 1
    Abkürzung für China Central Television – kein Plural
  2. 2
    Abkürzung für Closed-Circuit TeleVision – Videoüberwachung/Videoüberwachungskamera

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „"I think it’s fair to anticipate that the use of CCTV and facial recognition technology in Hong Kong will begin to look a lot like those in mainland China over time," she said.“

This word in other languages

vidéosurveillance(Français)

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 "CCTV"?
"CCTV" is spelled C-C-T-V.
What does "CCTV" mean?
As an abbreviation, "CCTV" means: Abkürzung für China Central Television – kein Plural
What language does "CCTV" come from?
"CCTV" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

debt#72,294deos#72,297ecce#72,324barn#72,195

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list