# DC

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #2,667

## Definitions
1. Initialism of District of Columbia, a federal district of the United States of America.
2. Initialism of Douglas Commercial, used in the names of airliners designed by the Douglas Aircraft Company.
3. Initialism of Dubai City, to distinguish it from Dubai Emirate.
4. Initialism of Dreamcast, a home videogaming console from SEGA.
5. Ellipsis of DC Comics: Initialism of Detective Comics.
6. Initialism of Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles; clipping of DCHP.
7. Abbreviation of Discord.

## Easily confused with
- **do** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dc-vs-do)
- **Dr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dc-vs-dr)
- **de** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dc-vs-de)
- **di** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dc-vs-di)
- **DJ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dc-vs-dj)
- **DM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dc-vs-dm)
- **DS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dc-vs-ds)
- **DD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dc-vs-dd)
- **DL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dc-vs-dl)
- **DT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dc-vs-dt)
- **DP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dc-vs-dp)
- **dw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dc-vs-dw)
- **Dx** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dc-vs-dx)
- **DG** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dc-vs-dg)
- **DV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dc-vs-dv)
- **dy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dc-vs-dy)
- **DQ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dc-vs-dq)
- **did** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dc-vs-did)
- **due** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dc-vs-due)
- **dog** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dc-vs-dog)

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