# NC

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #6,597

## Definitions
1. Abbreviation of nitrocellulose.
2. Initialism of nolo contendere, no contest, a plea in criminal cases.
3. Nick's Class, the complexity class of decision problems solvable in polylogarithmic time using a polynomial number of processors.
4. Initialism of noun class.
5. NASA research cargo plane designations.
6. Initialism of noise control.
7. Initialism of noise cancellation.
8. Initialism of noncommercial.
9. Initialism of numerical control.

## Easily confused with
- **ne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nc-vs-ne)
- **NJ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nc-vs-nj)
- **ni** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nc-vs-ni)
- **Ng** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nc-vs-ng)
- **nm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nc-vs-nm)
- **NZ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nc-vs-nz)
- **NT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nc-vs-nt)
- **nd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nc-vs-nd)
- **NP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nc-vs-np)
- **nu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nc-vs-nu)
- **NL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nc-vs-nl)
- **nr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nc-vs-nr)
- **NN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nc-vs-nn)
- **not** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nc-vs-not)
- **new** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nc-vs-new)
- **now** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nc-vs-now)
- **non** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nc-vs-non)
- **nor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nc-vs-nor)
- **net** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nc-vs-net)
- **NFL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nc-vs-nfl)

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