# CE

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #9,145

## Definitions
1. Initialism of Common Era, Current Era, or Christian Era. Equivalent of AD. Like other era initialisms, often written in small caps.
2. Initialism of Church of England. More commonly, C of E. Used in the names of church schools in England.
3. Initialism of Canadian English (also sometimes colloquially called "Canadian" or even "Canajan").
4. Abbreviation of Ceará: a state of Brazil.
5. Initialism of Common Entrance.

## Easily confused with
- **co** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ce-vs-co)
- **CM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ce-vs-cm)
- **CT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ce-vs-ct)
- **CR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ce-vs-cr)
- **ch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ce-vs-ch)
- **cs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ce-vs-cs)
- **Cl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ce-vs-cl)
- **cp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ce-vs-cp)
- **CV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ce-vs-cv)
- **CU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ce-vs-cu)
- **CW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ce-vs-cw)
- **ci** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ce-vs-ci)
- **CJ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ce-vs-cj)
- **CG** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ce-vs-cg)
- **CX** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ce-vs-cx)
- **cz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ce-vs-cz)
- **CQ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ce-vs-cq)
- **cut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ce-vs-cut)
- **cup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ce-vs-cup)
- **cry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ce-vs-cry)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/ce