CC

abbrev

The verdict

“CC” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #5,829) as an abbreviation. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#5,829
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - cheiro corporal

Corpus desk

Index PT-cc · CC · Portuguese

CC · rank #5,829 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,829
  • LEN-SHORT 2 letters
  • VOW-0 0 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH censo

Nearest frequency peer: censo (+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.

Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “CC”

Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo

corpus weight

What this shows As barras situam “CC” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.

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).

CC vs co
0% similar
CC vs ce
0% similar
CC vs cu
0% similar

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

Key facts for CC
PropertyValue
HeadwordCC
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAbbreviation
Letters2
Frequency rank#5,829
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “CC”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).CCcai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “censo” (#5,830), “citar” (#5,831), “banana” (#5,826). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “CC” fica em #5,829. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for CC is neighbouring look-alikes ("co", "ce", …), not just typos; it is anabbreviation. Frequency #5,829 among 2,140 “C” headwords. 3 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for CC, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "co", "ce", "cu", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is CC, spelled C-C.

Definition

  1. 1
    cheiro corporal
  2. 2
    cheiro de corpo
  3. 3
    cartão de cidadão

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. No Brasil, o banho diário é virtude e o CC (cheiro corporal) é um tabu moral e olfativo. (jornal A Gazeta do Povo de 27 de setembro de 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20221126001934/https://www.gazetadopovo.com.br/vozes/marleth-silva/ate-que-enfim-a-chuva-parou/)

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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "CC"?
"CC" is spelled C-C.
What does "CC" mean?
As an abbreviation, "CC" means: cheiro corporal
What words are commonly confused with "CC"?
"CC" is commonly confused with "co", "ce", "cu". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "CC" come from?
"CC" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list