FCC

noun

The verdict

“FCC” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #40,761) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#40,761
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fédération canadienne des contribuables.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fcc · FCC · French

FCC · rank #40,761 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #40,761
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-0 0 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fatiguées

Nearest frequency peer: fatiguées (-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 « FCC »

Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « FCC » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

FCC vs FN
33% similar
FCC vs fo
0% similar
FCC vs fm
0% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for FCC
PropertyValue
HeadwordFCC
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters3
Frequency rank#40,761
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « FCC »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).FCCse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « fatiguées » (#40,760), « female » (#40,763), « fachosphère » (#40,758). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « FCC » est au #40,761. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for FCC is neighbouring look-alikes ("FN", "fo", …), not just typos; it is anoun. Frequency #40,761 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Gloss: "Fédération canadienne des contribuables.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for FCC, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "FN", "fo", "fm", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is FCC, spelled F-C-C.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fédération canadienne des contribuables.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how FCC appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. «On comprend maintenant pourquoi Bronfman préférait négocier derrière des portes closes: son projet ne tient pas la route», indique dans un communiqué le Directeur Québec de la FCC, Renaud Brossard.

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 "FCC"?
"FCC" is spelled F-C-C.
What does "FCC" mean?
As a noun, "FCC" means: Fédération canadienne des contribuables.
What words are commonly confused with "FCC"?
"FCC" is commonly confused with "FN", "fo", "fm". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "FCC" come from?
"FCC" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "FCC", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list