# UTC

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #11,316

## Definitions
1. Coordinated Universal Time, which is the international standard for civil time and the Internet.

## Etymology
A compromise initialism between English CUT (“Coordinated Universal Time”) and French TUC (“Temps Universel Coordonné”), unofficially giving “Universal Time Coordinated” and “Universel Temps Coordonné”.

## Easily confused with
- **UV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/utc-vs-uv)
- **UW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/utc-vs-uw)
- **UU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/utc-vs-uu)
- **UVA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/utc-vs-uva)
- **ute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/utc-vs-ute)
- **utd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/utc-vs-utd)
- **uzi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/utc-vs-uzi)
- **uwu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/utc-vs-uwu)
- **Utica** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/utc-vs-utica)
- **u** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/u-vs-utc)
- **up** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/up-vs-utc)
- **us** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/us-vs-utc)
- **UK** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/uk-vs-utc)
- **uh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/uh-vs-utc)
- **um** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/um-vs-utc)
- **ur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ur-vs-utc)
- **UC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/uc-vs-utc)
- **UT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ut-vs-utc)
- **UI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ui-vs-utc)
- **U2** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/u2-vs-utc)

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