CC

noun

By · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) ·

"cc" is a 2-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“CC” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #5,583 in English word frequency and used as a noun.

#5,583
frequency rank, English
2
letters
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Initialism of carbon copy.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

CC vs co
0% similar
CC vs CD
50% similar
CC vs CM
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for CC
PropertyValue
HeadwordCC
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters2
Frequency rank#5,583
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “CC” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). CC lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for CC is 2 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #5,583 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 28 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Zero misspellings are on record for CC in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "co", "CD", "CM", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is CC, spelled C-C.

Definition

  1. 1
    Initialism of carbon copy.
  2. 2
    Initialism of cricket club.
  3. 3
    Initialism of cycling club.
  4. 4
    Initialism of Circuit Court.
  5. 5
    Initialism of community college.
  6. 6
    Initialism of credit card.
  7. 7
    Initialism of courtesy copy.
  8. 8
    Initialism of cryptocurrency.
  9. 9
    Initialism of cosmological constant.
  10. 10
    Initialism of contrasting colour.
  11. 11
    Initialism of cubic centimetre.
  12. 12
    Initialism of closed caption.
  13. 13
    Initialism of cirrocumulus.
  14. 14
    Initialism of compact cassette.
  15. 15
    Initialism of control change.
  16. 16
    Initialism of chief complaint.
  17. 17
    Initialism of cervical cancer.
  18. 18
    Initialism of City College.
  19. 19
    Initialism of community college.
  20. 20
    Abbreviation of cruiser, a type of warship.
  21. 21
    Initialism of company commander.
  22. 22
    Initialism of crowd control.
  23. 23
    Initialism of constructive criticism.
  24. 24
    Initialism of cross country.
  25. 25
    Initialism of Central Committee.
  26. 26
    Companion of the Order of Canada.
  27. 27
    The US Navy hull classification symbol for a battlecruiser; the only such ships authorized by Congress were of the Lexington-class, which were cancelled under the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty with two being converted to aircraft carriers.
  28. 28
    Initialism of carbon capture.

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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "CC"?
"CC" is spelled C-C.
What does "CC" mean?
As a noun, "CC" means: Initialism of carbon copy.
What words are commonly confused with "CC"?
"CC" is commonly confused with "co", "CD", "CM". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "CC" come from?
"CC" is a English word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Using “CC”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is C-C - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Don't mix it up with “co” - see the side-by-side comparison. CC vs co
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English 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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list