# CSS

> English word · Noun · IPA /siː ɛs ˈɛs/ · frequency rank #16,676

## Definitions
1. Initialism of change segment status, a GDS code used on older types of airline keyboards.
2. Initialism of Content Scramble System, a DRM and encryption system for DVDs.
3. Initialism of Churg-Strauss syndrome.
4. Initialism of Coffin-Siris syndrome.
5. Initialism of Chinese surface-to-surface (missile), a NATO prefix-code for systems developed by the People's Republic of China.
6. Initialism of Confederate States Ship (the designation for a commissioned warship operated by the Confederate States Navy).
7. Initialism of Canadian Survey Ship (the designation for a survey ship operated by the Canadian Hydrographic Service).
8. Initialism of cascading style sheet.
9. Initialism of control stick steering, a method of Space Shuttle flight control.
10. Initialism of critical swim speed.
11. Initialism of chromosome substitution strain.

## Easily confused with
- **CT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/css-vs-ct)
- **CV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/css-vs-cv)
- **CU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/css-vs-cu)
- **CW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/css-vs-cw)
- **CX** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/css-vs-cx)
- **cz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/css-vs-cz)
- **cut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/css-vs-cut)
- **cup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/css-vs-cup)
- **cum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/css-vs-cum)
- **cuz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/css-vs-cuz)
- **cue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/css-vs-cue)
- **Cub** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/css-vs-cub)
- **CVS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/css-vs-cvs)
- **CST** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/css-vs-cst)
- **CSU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/css-vs-csu)
- **CTR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/css-vs-ctr)
- **cur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/css-vs-cur)
- **CTE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/css-vs-cte)
- **CTO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/css-vs-cto)
- **CTA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/css-vs-cta)

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