ce
/siː/noun
ce is spelled C-E: 2 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 6.8 times per million words in written English, the 9,165th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Ce, the name). As a noun, ce means “Alternative form of cee (“the letter C”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of ce is ces.
How many letters and syllables are in ce?
| Letters | 2: C-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 6.8 times per million words; the 9,165th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is ce?
Ce appears 6.8 times per million words in written English, the 9,165th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Ce, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce ce?
- /siː/
Ce has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Words people confuse with ce
Sounds like: sea, see (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Also written: cee.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of ce
- ces plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ce mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative form of cee (“the letter C”).
noun
- 1
Initialism of civil engineer.
- 2
Initialism of computer engineer.
- 3
Initialism of continuing education.
- 4
Initialism of capillary electrophoresis.
- 5
Initialism of close encounter.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).