cc
\se.se\
The verdict
“cc” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #5,839) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #5,839
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Centimètre cube, cm³.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cc · cc · French
cc · rank #5,839 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,839
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH barrière
Nearest frequency peer: barrière (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Voisins de fréquence du confusable « cc »
Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous
- attiré
attiré
94,165 corpus weight
- baptiste
baptiste
94,164 corpus weight
- barrière
barrière
94,163 corpus weight
- cc
cc
94,162 corpus weight
- chauffage
chauffage
94,161 corpus weight
- chercheur
chercheur
94,160 corpus weight
What this shows Les barres placent « cc » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cc |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \se.se\ |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #5,839 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rang de corpus près des confusables de « cc »
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for cc is neighbouring look-alikes ("ce", "ci", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced \se.se\. Frequency #5,839 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Gloss: "Centimètre cube, cm³.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for cc, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ce", "ci", "co", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is cc, spelled C-C.
Definition
- 1Centimètre cube, cm³.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cc appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
D'emblée, je fais une injection intraveineuse de 10 cc. d’électrargol.
Une fée d’acier et de chrome : une Vespa. « Le grand luxe 150 cc. Cent cinquante-huit mille francs ! La 125 cc. ne m’aurait coûté que cent vingt-huit mille. Mais j’aime voir grand. Et puis mon patron m’a prêté la différence. »
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.