cu
[ˈsiːjuː]
The verdict
“cu” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #29,994 in German word frequency and used as an abbreviation.
- #29,994
- frequency rank, German
- 2
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - see you; bis dann, man sieht sich, lg
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 | cu |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| IPA | [ˈsiːjuː] |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #29,994 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cu” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for cu is 2 letters long, classified as an abbreviation, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈsiːjuː]. Corpus data places it at rank #29,994 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "see you; bis dann, man sieht sich, lg".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for cu, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cz", "CUP", "cum", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is cu, spelled C-U.
Definition
- 1see you; bis dann, man sieht sich, lg
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “cu”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is C-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈsiːjuː] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “cz” - see the side-by-side comparison. cu vs cz
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.