CCQ

noun

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The verdict

“CCQ” is uncommon French (frequency #81,865 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,865
frequency rank, French
257,141
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Programme d'enseignement dispensé de la première année du primaire à la dernière du secondaire à compter de l'automne 2023 en remplacement du cours « Éthique et culture religieuse » (ECR) qui, selo...

Key facts for CCQ
PropertyValue
HeadwordCCQ
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters3
Frequency rank#81,865
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “CCQ” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). CCQ lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

CCQ is uncommon French at frequency #81,865 among 257,141 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Programme d'enseignement dispensé de la première année du primaire à la dernière du secondaire à compter de l'automne 2023 en remplacement du cours « Éthique et culture religieuse » (ECR) qui, selo...".

CCQ doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is CCQ, spelled C-C-Q.

Definition

  1. 1
    Programme d'enseignement dispensé de la première année du primaire à la dernière du secondaire à compter de l'automne 2023 en remplacement du cours « Éthique et culture religieuse » (ECR) qui, selon plusieurs critiques, accordait une place démesurée à la religion comme facteur identitaire.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "CCQ"?
"CCQ" is spelled C-C-Q.
What does "CCQ" mean?
As a noun, "CCQ" means: Programme d'enseignement dispensé de la première année du primaire à la dernière du secondaire à compter de l'automne 2023 en remplacement du cours « Éthique et culture religieuse » (ECR) qui, selo...
What language does "CCQ" come from?
"CCQ" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “CCQ”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is C-C-Q - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list