CE
"ce" is a 2-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“CE” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #9,145 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #9,145
- frequency rank, English
- 2
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Initialism of Common Era, Current Era, or Christian Era. Equivalent of AD. Like other era initialisms, often written in small caps.
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 | CE |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #9,145 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “CE” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for CE is 2 letters long, classified as a proper noun. Corpus data places it at rank #9,145 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for CE, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "co", "CM", "CT", 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 English form is CE, spelled C-E.
Definition
- 1Initialism of Common Era, Current Era, or Christian Era. Equivalent of AD. Like other era initialisms, often written in small caps.
- 2Initialism of Church of England. More commonly, C of E. Used in the names of church schools in England.
- 3Initialism of Canadian English (also sometimes colloquially called "Canadian" or even "Canajan").
- 4Abbreviation of Ceará: a state of Brazil.
- 5Initialism of Common Entrance.
Antonyms
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “CE”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “co” - see the side-by-side comparison. CE 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.