CCE
"cce" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“CCE” is uncommon English (frequency #73,048 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,048
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Initialism of character and citizenship education.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cce · CCE · English
CCE · rank #73,048 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,048
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH caulking
Nearest frequency peer: caulking (-2 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “CCE”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Castaneda
Castaneda
26,957 corpus weight
- caulking
caulking
26,955 corpus weight
- CCE
CCE
26,953 corpus weight
- ceilidh
ceilidh
26,951 corpus weight
- centrifugat…
centrifugation
26,949 corpus weight
- Chandni
Chandni
26,947 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “CCE” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | CCE |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #73,048 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “CCE” in English
Rare enough to double-check
CCE is uncommon English at frequency #73,048 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for CCE, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is CCE, spelled C-C-E.
Definition
- 1Initialism of character and citizenship education.
- 2Acronym of clubbing, cyanosis, or edema, used to describe the hands and feet of patients.
- 3Initialism of computer and communication engineering.
- 4Initialism of computer and communications engineering.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how CCE appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
MS [musculoskeletal]/Ext [extremities] ¶ Upper extremities: normal by inspection, no CCE, normal ROM [range of motion]. ¶ Lower extremities: no CCE, normal ROM [range of motion]. Right calf tender with mild swelling. No obvious compartment syndrome.
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.
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