# CTE

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #33,597

## Definitions
1. Initialism of chronic traumatic encephalopathy.
2. Initialism of coefficient of thermal expansion.
3. Initialism of common table expression.

## Easily confused with
- **CV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cte-vs-cv)
- **CU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cte-vs-cu)
- **CW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cte-vs-cw)
- **CX** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cte-vs-cx)
- **cz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cte-vs-cz)
- **cut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cte-vs-cut)
- **cup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cte-vs-cup)
- **cum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cte-vs-cum)
- **cuz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cte-vs-cuz)
- **cue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cte-vs-cue)
- **Cub** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cte-vs-cub)
- **CVS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cte-vs-cvs)
- **CTR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cte-vs-ctr)
- **cur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cte-vs-cur)
- **CTO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cte-vs-cto)
- **Cui** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cte-vs-cui)
- **CVD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cte-vs-cvd)
- **cute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cte-vs-cute)
- **cuts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cte-vs-cuts)
- **cure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cte-vs-cure)

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