# c

> English word · Character · IPA /siː/ · frequency rank #463

## Definitions
1. The third letter of the English alphabet, called cee and written in the Latin script.

## Etymology
Old English lower case letter c, from 7th century replacement by Latin lower case c of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚳ (c, “cen”).

## Easily confused with
- **co** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/c-vs-co)
- **CA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/c-vs-ca)
- **CD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/c-vs-cd)
- **CM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/c-vs-cm)
- **CC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/c-vs-cc)
- **CT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/c-vs-ct)
- **CR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/c-vs-cr)
- **ch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/c-vs-ch)
- **cs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/c-vs-cs)
- **Cl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/c-vs-cl)
- **CE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/c-vs-ce)
- **cp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/c-vs-cp)
- **CB** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/c-vs-cb)
- **CV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/c-vs-cv)
- **CU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/c-vs-cu)
- **CW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/c-vs-cw)
- **ci** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/c-vs-ci)
- **CJ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/c-vs-cj)
- **CG** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/c-vs-cg)
- **CX** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/c-vs-cx)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/c