cuc
"cuc" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cuc” is uncommon English (frequency #92,504 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,504
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative form of cuke (“cucumber”)
Corpus desk
Index EN-cuc · cuc · English
cuc · rank #92,504 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,504
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH cuboid
Nearest frequency peer: cuboid (-1 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 “cuc”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- crys
crys
7,500 corpus weight
- CSW
CSW
7,499 corpus weight
- cuboid
cuboid
7,498 corpus weight
- cuc
cuc
7,497 corpus weight
- cultish
cultish
7,496 corpus weight
- curdle
curdle
7,495 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “cuc” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cuc |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #92,504 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cuc” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cuc is uncommon English at frequency #92,504 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative form of cuke (“cucumber”)".
cuc has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is cuc, spelled C-U-C.
Definition
- 1Alternative form of cuke (“cucumber”)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cuc appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Amazon cucs don't give rise to anything like the familiar vegetables we see in our supermarkets, and wild cucumbers are small, bitter, and in some cases poisonous.
I found inspiration from the best from bars and restaurants of Los Angeles, but home bartending is as simple as combining fresh cucumbers (juiced cucs give better flavor), simple syrup and a clear alcohol.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).