CFTC
"cftc" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“CFTC” is uncommon English (frequency #50,420 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,420
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Initialism of Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cftc · CFTC · English
CFTC · rank #50,420 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,420
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH casted
Nearest frequency peer: casted (-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 “CFTC”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- casein
casein
49,585 corpus weight
- casted
casted
49,583 corpus weight
- CFTC
CFTC
49,581 corpus weight
- Chartres
Chartres
49,579 corpus weight
- chiller
chiller
49,578 corpus weight
- chlorinated
chlorinated
49,577 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “CFTC” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | CFTC |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #50,420 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “CFTC” in English
Rare enough to double-check
CFTC is uncommon English at frequency #50,420 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Initialism of Commodity Futures Trading Commission.".
CFTC doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is CFTC, spelled C-F-T-C.
Definition
- 1Initialism of Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how CFTC appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The Dodd-Frank Act of 2010 relies heavily on the CFTC to write reams of new rules to regulate derivatives markets, a task it struggling to complete in the face of industry opposition and political gridlock.
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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