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c

Spanish, letter

c is spelled C (one letter) and appears 251 times per million words in written Spanish, the 327th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). C is a Spanish letter meaning “The third letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a cedilla, ç is a different word: “c with cedilla”. On this page, Ç is a different word: “C with cedilla”. With a capital, C is a different word: “abbreviation of caballo (“knight”): K”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tercera letra del abecedario español y segunda consonante. Su nombre es ce”.

What does c mean in English?

letter

  1. 1

    The third letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

letter

as ç
  1. 1

    obsoletec with cedilla

letter

as Ç
  1. 1

    obsoleteC with cedilla

letter

as C
  1. 1

    The third letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

noun

as C
  1. 1

    masculineabbreviation of caballo (“knight”): K

noun

as c/
  1. 1

    feminineabbreviation of calle (street)

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

letter: 1. Tercera letra del abecedario español y segunda consonante. Su nombre es ce.

letter: 1. Tercera letra del abecedario español y segunda consonante. Su nombre es ce.

abbreviation: 1. Grafía alternativa de etc.

abbreviation: 1. Abreviatura de circa (alrededor de una fecha).

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of c

  • C uppercase
  • Ç uppercase
  • ç lowercase
  • c lowercase

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to c

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is c in Spanish?

c appears 251 times per million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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