# IPCC

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /aɪ piː siː siː/ · frequency rank #31,618

## Definitions
1. Initialism of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, an intergovernmental body of the United Nations, established in 1988, aiming to advance scientific knowledge about climate change caused by human activities.
2. Initialism of Integrated Professional Competency Course, a course of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
3. Initialism of Irish Peatland Conservation Council.
4. Initialism of Independent Police Complaints Commission, a non-departmental public body in England and Wales responsible for overseeing the system for handling complaints made against police forces in England and Wales.

## Easily confused with
- **IPO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ipcc-vs-ipo)
- **ips** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ipcc-vs-ips)
- **IPL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ipcc-vs-ipl)
- **IRC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ipcc-vs-irc)
- **ITC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ipcc-vs-itc)
- **ISC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ipcc-vs-isc)
- **IWC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ipcc-vs-iwc)
- **iPod** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ipcc-vs-ipod)
- **itch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ipcc-vs-itch)
- **IP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ip-vs-ipcc)
- **IC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ic-vs-ipcc)
- **ice** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ice-vs-ipcc)
- **inc** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inc-vs-ipcc)
- **ICC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/icc-vs-ipcc)
- **icy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/icy-vs-ipcc)
- **ICT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ict-vs-ipcc)
- **IPA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ipa-vs-ipcc)
- **ICU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/icu-vs-ipcc)
- **IOC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ioc-vs-ipcc)
- **ich** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ich-vs-ipcc)

## Common misspellings (3)
`icpc`, `ippcc`, `picc`

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