CCCP
/si.si.si.piː/
"cccp" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“CCCP” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
Corpus desk
Index EN-cccp · CCCP · English
CCCP · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | CCCP |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /si.si.si.piː/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “CCCP” in English
Rare enough to double-check
CCCP is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /si.si.si.piː/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)".
Zero misspellings are on record for CCCP in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Orthographic borrowing from Russian СССР (SSSR), abbreviation of Союз Советских Социалистических Республик (Sojuz Sovetskix Socialističeskix Respublik, “(The) Union of Soviet Socialist Republics”). The correct English form is CCCP, spelled C-C-C-P.
Definition
- 1USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how CCCP appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Now that the CCCP is history. I wonder if we'll find out who Suvorov really was.
Canada won the 1972 Summit Series against the CCCP, just barely, but lost a lot of face, bragging rights, prestige, sense of self, identity, and propaganda points, even though life in the Soviet Union, judging by the big hockey rink in Moscow, was dismal, at best, and a totalitarian police state nightmare, at worst.
Etymology
Orthographic borrowing from Russian СССР (SSSR), abbreviation of Союз Советских Социалистических Республик (Sojuz Sovetskix Socialističeskix Respublik, “(The) Union of Soviet Socialist Republics”).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.